King James Version (KJV)
Luke 14:7
“And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,”
Verse in context — Luke 14
5
And answered them, saying, ‹Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?›
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And they could not answer him again to these things.
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And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
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‹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;›
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‹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.›
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