Luke 14:7

And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them,

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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 could make no answer to this.

8When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not take the highest place, lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him;

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:7For better is it that one should say to thee, “Come up hither!” Than that he should put thee in a lower place, In the presence of the prince whom thine eyes behold.

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he spoke nothing to them;

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

Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

Philippians 2:3doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vain-glory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

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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