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7 Ἔλεγεν (He was speaking) δὲ (then) πρὸς (to) τοὺς (those) κεκλημένους (having been invited) παραβολήν (a parable), ἐπέχων (remarking) πῶς (how) τὰς (the) πρωτοκλισίας (first places) ἐξελέγοντο (they were choosing out), λέγων (saying) πρὸς (to) αὐτούς (them),
8 “Ὅταν (When) κληθῇς (you are invited) ὑπό (by) τινος (anyone) εἰς (to) γάμους (wedding feasts), μὴ (not) κατακλιθῇς (do recline) εἰς (in) τὴν (the) πρωτοκλισίαν (first place), μή‿ (lest) ποτε (ever) ἐντιμότερός (one more honorable) σου (than you) ᾖ (might have been) κεκλημένος (invited) ὑπ’ (by) αὐτοῦ (him),
9 καὶ (and) ἐλθὼν (having come), ὁ (the one) σὲ (you) καὶ (and) αὐτὸν (him) καλέσας (having invited) ἐρεῖ (will say) σοι (to you), ‘Δὸς (Give) τούτῳ (to this one) τόπον (your place),’ καὶ (and) τότε (then) ἄρξῃ (you should begin) μετὰ (with) αἰσχύνης (shame) τὸν (the) ἔσχατον (last) τόπον (place) κατέχειν (to take).
10 Ἀλλ’ (But) ὅταν (when) κληθῇς (you are invited), πορευθεὶς (having gone), ἀνάπεσε (recline) εἰς (in) τὸν (the) ἔσχατον (last) τόπον (place), ἵνα (so that) ὅταν (when) ἔλθῃ (might come) ὁ (the one) κεκληκώς (having invited) σε (you), ἐρεῖ (he will say) σοι (to you), ‘Φίλε (Friend), προσανάβηθι (come up) ἀνώτερον (higher).’ τότε (Then) ἔσται (will be) σοι (to you) δόξα (glory) ἐνώπιον (before) πάντων (all) τῶν (those) συνανακειμένων (reclining) σοι (with you).
11 ὅτι (For) πᾶς (everyone) ὁ (-) ὑψῶν (exalting) ἑαυτὸν (himself) ταπεινωθήσεται (will be humbled), καὶ (and) ὁ (the one) ταπεινῶν (humbling) ἑαυτὸν (himself) ὑψωθήσεται (will be exalted).”