Luke 14:7
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Take the Lowly Place
7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:
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Luke 11:43
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43 (A)Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the [a]best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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- Luke 11:43 Or places of honor
Philippians 2:3
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3 (A)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (B)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
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Matthew 23:6
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6 (A)They love the [a]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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Luke 20:46
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46 (A)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, (B)love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,
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3 John 9
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Diotrephes and Demetrius
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.
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Acts 8:18-19
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18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
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Ezekiel 17:2
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2 “Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a (A)parable to the house of Israel,
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