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Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,
Luke 14:7 · Webster Bible
Luke 14:7 in other translations
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
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In context
4 And they held their peace. And he took [him] and healed him, and let him go;
5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not forthwith pull him out on the sabbath?
6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
7 And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,
8 When thou art invited by any [man] to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be invited by him;
9 And he that invited thee and him, shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10 But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.
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