They could find no answer to these things.

Teachings on Humility

He told a parable(A) to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places(B) for themselves: “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honor, because a more distinguished person(C) than you may have been invited by your host.

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And they had nothing to say.

When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table,(A) he told them this parable: “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.

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And they could not answer him again to these things.

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

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;

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