Luke:14:7-12

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ylt @Luke:14:7 @And he spake a simile unto those called , marking how they were choosing out the first couches , saying unto them , ylt @Luke:14:8 @'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 , ylt @Luke:14:9 @and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee , Give to this one place , and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place . ylt @Luke:14:10 @'But , when thou mayest be called , having gone on , recline in the last place , that when he who called thee may come , he may say to thee , Friend , come up higher ; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee ; ylt @Luke:14:11 @because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled , and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted .' ylt @Luke:14:12 @And he said also to him who did call him , 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper , be not calling thy friends , nor thy brethren , nor thy kindred , nor rich neighbours , lest they may also call thee again , and a recompense may come to thee ;

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