Luke 14:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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;”
Luke 14:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 14:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 14:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,”
Luke 14:8 — World English Bible
Luke 14:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, ”
Luke 14:8 — American Standard Version
Luke 14:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,”
Luke 14:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 14:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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, ”
Luke 14:8 — Darby Translation
Luke 14:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When thou shalt be bidden of any man to a wedding, set not thy selfe downe in the chiefest place, lest a more honourable man then thou, be bidden of him,”
Luke 14:8 — Geneva Bible
Luke 14:8 in Context — Luke 14
6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
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 say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
What Does Luke 14:8 Mean?
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