The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Luke 14

⁷ Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed _v how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, ⁸ "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, ⁹ and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, _w so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. ¹¹ For _x everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

1. Cross References
   Luke 11:43
   Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 25:6 - 7
   Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 18:14
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   Proverbs 29:23
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   Ezekiel 21:26
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   Matthew 18:4
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   James 4:6
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   James 4:10
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   1 Peter 5:5 - 6
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