Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Entertainments » Guests at » Arranged according to rank
But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.
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Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at
For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"
Verse Concepts
When a holiday came and Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to his state officials, his military officers, and other leading men of Galilee,
Verse Concepts
Feasts » Rank
"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited, so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place. But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.