Luke 14:7

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

Luke 14:7 — American Standard Version

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Context — Luke 14

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4But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?

6And they could not answer again unto these things.

7And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

8When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

9and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

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