Luke 14:7
And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6And they could not answer him to these things.
Cross References
Judges 14:12And Samson said to them: I will propose to you a riddle, which if you declare unto me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty shirts, and as many coats:
Proverbs 25:7For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and to be saluted in the marketplace,
Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplace, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts:
Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
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 →