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Jesus Says To The Ones Invited, Humble Yourself. Wait On The One Who Invited You

And He was speaking a parable[a] to the ones having been invited, fixing-His-attention-on[b] how they were choosing the places-of-honor, saying to them— “Whenever you are invited by someone to wedding-celebrations, do not lie down [to eat] in the place-of-honor lest a more distinguished one than you may have been invited by him, and having come, the one having invited you and him will say to you, ‘Give your place to this one’, and then you will begin to hold the last place with shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:7 Note that what follows is a parable aimed at the Pharisees, not a lesson on manners.
  2. Luke 14:7 Or more mildly, ‘noting’.

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