Luke 14:7

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 had no answer to that question.

8When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

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Cross References

Judges 14:12And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

Proverbs 25:7For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

Mark 12:38And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

Luke 20:46Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

Philippians 2:3Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be 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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