Luke 14:7

And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

In Context

6And they were not able to give him an answer to these things.

8When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them;

Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,

Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;

Philippians 2:3doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Matthew Henry on Luke 14:2-7

A Man Cured of the Dropsy. 1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will… Read the whole commentary →

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