Luke 14:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ And they could not answer him to these things.

⁷ And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

⁸ When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him: