Luke 14:7

He put forthe a similitude to the gestes when he marked how they preased to the hyest roumes and sayd vnto them:

Tyndale 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 coulde not answer him agayne to that.

8When thou arte bidde to a weddynge of eny man syt not doune in the hyest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him

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Cross References

Matthew 13:34All these thynge spake Iesus vnto the people by similitudes and with oute similitudes spake he nothinge to them

Mark 12:38And he sayde vnto them in his doctrine: beware of the Scribes which love to goo in longe clothinge: and love salutacions in the market places

Luke 20:46beware of the Scribes which desyre to goo in longe clothinge: and love gretynges in the markets and the hyest seates in the synagoges and chefe roumes at feastes

Philippians 2:3that nothinge be done thorow stryfe or vayne glory but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe

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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