Luke 14:8-10 ("When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him...") is sometimes taken as Jesus "teaching classism more than humility." Obviously, this passage recognizes that social hierarchies exist, but that hardly constitutes a divine endorsement of them as ultimate realities. Is it reasonable to expect that Jesus would instruct guests to purposefully usurp seats reserved for distinguished attendees? If one were to sit in a reserved place and be asked to move, it would hardly be appropriate to decry the polite request as systemic classism. Christ is simply using a practical societal norm to illustrate the profound spiritual reality of humility before God.