Luke 14:8
“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;”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Luke 14:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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;
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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,
Open English Bible (OEB)English
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place. Someone of higher rank might have been invited by your host;
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wenn du von jemand zur Hochzeit geladen wirst, so lege dich nicht auf den ersten Platz, damit nicht etwa ein Geehrterer als du von ihm geladen sei,
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Cuando fueres convidado de alguno á bodas, no te sientes en el primer lugar, no sea que otro más honrado que tú esté por él convidado,
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Quando fores convidados para o casamento de alguém, não te sentes no primeiro assento, para que não aconteça de se outro convidado mais digno que tu estiver,
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
"Quando fores convidado para uma festa de casamento, não te assentes no lugar de honra, pois alguém mais honrado que tu pode ter sido convidado.
📖 Luke 14:8 in Context
6And they could not answer him again to these things.
7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
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;
9And 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.
10But 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.
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