Verse 8
Luke 14:8
English Revised Version
8
and 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.
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, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath...
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And behold, there was before him a certain man which had the dropsy.
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on t...
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But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.
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And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a well, and will not stra...
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And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief sea...
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When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a mo...
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and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt b...
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But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee co...
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For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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11
And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy fri...
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12
But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
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and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be rec...
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14
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he t...
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But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:
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and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things a...
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And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field,...
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And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excus...
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said...
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And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.
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And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come...
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For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
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Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,
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If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and br...
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Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he...
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Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock...
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saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
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Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel...
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Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of p...
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So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let...
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