And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but ¹  the one who humbles ²  himself will be exalted.”

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified ¹  rather than the Pharisee. ²  For everyone who exalts ³  himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”