Luke 14:8
ContextNET © | “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, 1 do not take 2 the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. 3 |
NIV © | "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honour, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. |
NASB © | "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, |
NLT © | "If you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t always head for the best seat. What if someone more respected than you has also been invited? |
MSG © | "When someone invites you to dinner, don't take the place of honor. Somebody more important than you might have been invited by the host. |
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, |
NRSV © | "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; |
NKJV © | "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; |
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NET © | “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, 1 do not take 2 the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “banquet.” This may not refer only to a wedding feast, because this term can have broader sense (note the usage in Esth 2:18; 9:22 LXX). However, this difference does not affect the point of the parable. 2 tn Grk “do not recline in the place of honor.” 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away. 3 tn Grk “by him”; the referent (the host) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |