Luke 14:7
And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
Revised Version 1895
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In Context
6And they could not answer again unto these things.
Cross References
Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment:
Proverbs 25:7For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.
Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Mark 12:38And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,
Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;
Philippians 2:3doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other 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 →