Luke 14:7-11 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them: ⁸ Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding celebration, do not sit down in the place of honor, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; ⁹ and he who invited you and him shall come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you begin with shame to take the last place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit down in the last place, so that when he who invited you comes, he shall say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those who recline with you. ¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."