Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Entertainments » Guests at » Arranged according to rank
But when you may be invited, coming in sit down in the last place; in order that when the one having invited thee may come, he will say to thee, Friend, come up higher: then there will be glory to thee in the presence of all those sitting along with thee.
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Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at
for I say unto you, that no one of these men who have been invited shall taste of my supper.
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And it being a high day, when Herod on his birthday made a feast to his mighty men, and chiliarchs, and the first men of Galilee;
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Feasts » Rank
When you may be called by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down upon the first couch; lest one more worthy than thee may have been called by him, and the one having called thee and him, having come in shall say to thee, Give place to him; and then thou shalt with shame begin to take the last place. But when you may be invited, coming in sit down in the last place; in order that when the one having invited thee may come, he will say to thee, Friend, come up higher: then there will be glory to thee in the presence of all those sitting along with thee.