Luke 14:8

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

7And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them:

9and he that invited you and him, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and then you shall begin with shame to take the last place.

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Matthew Henry on Luke 14:8-15

Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8 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; 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may… Read the whole commentary →

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