Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Entertainments » Guests at » Arranged according to rank
But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.
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Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall have any of my dinner!' "
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When a holiday came and Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to his courtiers and officers and to the leading men of Galilee,
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Feasts » Rank
"When someone invites you to a wedding supper, do not take the best place, for someone more distinguished than you are may have been invited, and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place. But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.