Luke 14:8
Parallel Translations


NASB: "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: "When someone invites you to a wedding, don't take the place of honor. Maybe someone more important than you was invited. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
ASV: When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
BBE: When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
DBY: When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,
WEY: "When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,
WBS: When thou art invited by any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be invited by him;
WEB: "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
YLT: 'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

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