The Parables
of Jesus
62. Places at Table
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| 7 #Elegen de; pro;" tou;" keklhmevnou" parabolhvn, ejpevcwn pw'" ta;" prwtoklisiva" ejxelevgonto, levgwn pro;" aujtouv", 8 &Otan klhqh'/" uJpov tino" eij" gavmou", mh; katakliqh'/" eij" th;n prwtoklisivan, mhvpote ejntimovterov" sou h\/ keklhmevno" uJp j aujtou', 9 kai; ejlqw;n oJ se; kai; aujto;n kalevsa" ejrei' soi, Do;" touvtw/ tovpon, kai; tovte a[rxh/ meta; aijscuvnh" to;n e[scaton tovpon katevcein. 10 ajll j o&tan klhqh'/" poreuqei;" ajnavpese eij" to;n e[scaton tovpon, i&na o&tan e[lqh/ oJ keklhkwv" se ejrei' soi, Fivle, prosanavbhqi ajnwvteron. tovte e[stai soi dovxa ejnwvpion pavntwn tw'n sunanakeimevnwn soi. 11 o&ti pa'" oJ uJyw'n eJauto;n tapeinwqhvsetai, kai; oJ tapeinw'n eJauto;n uJywqhvsetai. | 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how
they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
8 "When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him; 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, `Give place to this man,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, `Friend, go up higher; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." |
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