Translations
Modern
But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
Traditional
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.
Literal
But when you are invited, having gone, recline in the last place, so that when the one having invited you might come, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’ Then glory will be to you before all those reclining with you.
Latin
Sed cum vocatus fueris, vade, recumbe in novissimo loco: ut, cum venerit qui te invitavit, dicat tibi: Amice, ascende superius. Tunc erit tibi gloria coram simul discumbentibus:
Original
Greek
English
But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Glossary
Banquet Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Luke, Gospel of
Topics
Entertainments: Guests At: Arranged According to Rank Feasts: Rank Guest: Rules for the Conduct of Humility: General Scriptures Concerning Jesus, the Christ: Dines with a Pharisee on the Sabbath (In Peraea) Parables: Parables of Christ: Men Bidden to a Feast Presumption: Exhibited in Seeking Precedence Presumption: General Scriptures Concerning Respect: To an Army Self-Exaltation: General Scriptures Concerning