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Luke 14:9

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And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

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  1. Luke 14:7

    And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

  2. Luke 14:8

    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;

  3. Luke 14:10

    But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

  4. Luke 14:11

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.