Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Entertainments » Guests at » Arranged according to rank
No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you 'Friend, come higher up'; and then you will be honored in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
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Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at
For I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"
Verse Concepts
A suitable opportunity, however, occurred when Herod, on his birthday, gave a dinner to his high officials, and his generals, and the foremost men in Galilee.
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Feasts » Rank
"When you are invited by any one to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place, for fear that some one of higher rank should have been invited by your host; And he who invited you both will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place. No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you 'Friend, come higher up'; and then you will be honored in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.