Verse 8
Luke 14:8
Darby Translation
8
When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,
Original Language Text
greek
Ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος εἰς γάμους, μὴ κατακλιθῇς εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν, μήποτε ἐντιμότερός σου ᾖ κεκλημένος ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
English Translation
When you are called by someone to a wedding, do not recline at the first place, lest perhaps someone more honorable than you may have been invited by him.
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Chapter 14 Context
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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, [who was] of the Pharisees, to...
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And behold, there was a certain dropsical [man] before him.
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful t...
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But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.
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And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not...
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And they were not able to answer him to these things.
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And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, sa...
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When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table,...
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and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this [man], and then thou begin...
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But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has inv...
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for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
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And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy fr...
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But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:
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and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for it shall be recompe...
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And one of those that were lying at table with [them], hearing these things, said to him, Blessed [i...
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And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.
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And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already al...
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And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, a...
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And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for e...
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And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
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And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the ho...
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And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.
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And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my hou...
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for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.
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And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,
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If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and bro...
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and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he ha...
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in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do...
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saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
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Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, tak...
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and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.
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Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.
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Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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