Luke 14:7

And he spoke a parable to them who had been invited there, forasmuch as he had observed them, that they chose the chief places of reclining:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 not give him the answer concerning this.

8When thou art invited by one into the house of festivity, go not to recline on the principal seat, lest there be invited thither one more honourable than thou;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:34All these spake Jeshu in parables to the multitude; and without a parable he did not speak with them.

Mark 12:38And in his doctrine he said to them, Beware of the Sophree, who will to walk in long robes, and love the shaloma in public places,

Luke 20:46Beware of the Sophree, who will to walk in stoles, and love the shaloma in public places, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief reclining-places at evening feasts;

Philippians 2:3And do nothing in contention or vainglorying, but in meekness of mind let a man consider his neighbour as 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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