ルカの福音書 14:8
KJV
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Context
This verse from ルカの福音書 Chapter 14 connects to 2 cross-references. 三度目の受難予告とゼベダイの子の母の願い。「先の者は後になり、後の者は先になる」という逆転の法則。
他の翻訳
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,
YLT
`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
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,