Luke 14:7
When Jesus noticed how those who were invited chose the seats of honor, he spoke a parable, saying to them,
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6They were not able to give an answer to these things.
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Judges 14:12Samson said to them, “Let me now tell you a riddle. If one of you can find it out and tell me the answer during the seven days of the feast, I will give out thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.
Proverbs 25:7It is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” 1 than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. 1 What you have witnessed, 1
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.
Mark 12:38In his teaching Jesus said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes and they like the greetings they receive in the marketplaces
Luke 20:46“Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love special greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts.
Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit. Instead with humility consider others 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 →