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Luke 14:7
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5 Then He answered them, saying, a“Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”  
6 And they could not answer Him regarding these things.

Take the Lowly Place

7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;
9 and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 aBut when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.  
11 aFor whoever exalts himself will be1 humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  
12 Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
13 But when you give a feast, invite athe poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.  
Verse Comparison: Luke 14:7

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

Amplified® Bible
Now He told a parable to those who were invited, [when] He noticed how they were selecting the places of honor, saying to them,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus saw how the guests had tried to take the best seats. So he told them:

Darby English Version
And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

Good News Bible
Jesus noticed how some of the guests were choosing the best places, so he told this parable to all of them:

International Standard Version
When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

King James Version
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

New American Standard Bible
And He {began} speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor {at the table,} saying to them,

New International Version
When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

New King James Version
So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had picked out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Young's Literal Translation
And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,


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