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Luke 14:7-11 BBE
(7) And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, (8) 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, (9) And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. (10) But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. (11) For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Luke 14:7-11 ALT
(7) Then He began telling an allegory to the ones having been called, noticing how they were choosing the first couches [fig., places of honor], saying to them, (8) "Whenever you* are invited by someone to marriage feasts, do not recline [to eat] on the first couch [fig., the place of honor], lest a more honorable [person than] you has been invited by him; (9) and having come, the one having invited you and him, he will say to you, 'Give [your] place to this [person],' and then you begin with shame to be taking the last place. (10) "_But_ whenever you are invited, having gone, recline [to eat] in the last place, so that whenever the one having invited you comes, he shall say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then [there] will be glory for you before the ones reclining [to eat] with you. (11) "Because every [one] exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted."

Luke 14:7-11 NWT
. . .He then went on to tell the invited men an illustration, as he marked how they were choosing the most prominent places for themselves, saying to them: 8 "When you are invited by someone to a marriage feast, do not lie down in the most prominent place. Perhaps someone more distinguished than you may at the time have been invited by him, 9 and he that invited you and him will come and say to you, 'Let this man have the place.' And then you will start off with shame to occupy the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, that when the man that has invited you comes he will say to you, 'Friend, go on up higher.' Then you will have honor in front of all your fellow guests. 11 For everyone that exalts himself will be humbled and he that humbles himself will be exalted."

Luke 14:7-11 CEV
(7) Jesus saw how the guests had tried to take the best seats. So he told them: (8) When you are invited to a wedding feast, don't sit in the best place. Someone more important may have been invited. (9) Then the one who invited you will come and say, "Give your place to this other guest!" You will be embarrassed and will have to sit in the worst place. (10) When you are invited to be a guest, go and sit in the worst place. Then the one who invited you may come and say, "My friend, take a better seat!" You will then be honored in front of all the other guests. (11) If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation