8"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.


In Context

5 Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?"

6 And they had nothing to say.

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

8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.

9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.

10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests.

Luke 14:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:8When 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;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:8When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:8When 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,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8When 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,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:8When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8When thou art invited by any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be invited by him;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8|When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:8'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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:8When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him;