Luke 14:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him;
American King James Version (AKJV)
When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him;
American Standard Version (ASV)
When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
Webster's Revision
When thou art invited by any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be invited by him;
World English Bible
"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
English Revised Version (ERV)
When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him,
Definitions for Luke 14:8
Barnes's Luke 14:8 Bible Commentary
Art bidden - Are invited.
To a wedding - A wedding was commonly attended with a feast or banquet.
The highest room - The seat at the table nearest the head.
A more honourable man - A more aged man, or a man of higher rank. It is to be remarked that our Saviour did not consider the courtesies of life to be beneath his notice. His chief design here was, no doubt, to reprove the pride and ambition of the Pharisees; but, in doing it, he teaches us that religion does not violate the courtesies of life. It does not teach us to be rude, forward, pert, assuming, and despising the proprieties of refined social contact. It teaches humility and kindness, and a desire to make all happy, and a willingness to occupy our appropriate situation and rank in life; and this is true "politeness," for true politeness is a desire to make all others happy, and a readiness to do whatever is necessary to make them so. They have utterly mistaken the nature of religion who suppose that because they are professed Christians, they must be rude and uncivil, and violate all the distinctions in society. The example and precepts of Jesus Christ were utterly unlike such conduct. He teaches us to be kind, and to treat people according to their rank and character. Compare Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17.
