Thematic Bible
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No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.
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Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at
For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"
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Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.
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Feasts » Rank
"When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited; then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place. No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.