For it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower Before a noble whom your eyes have seen.
Luke 14:7 - The Scriptures 2009 And He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now He told a parable to those who were invited, [when] He noticed how they were selecting the places of honor, saying to them, American Standard Version (1901) And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them, Common English Bible When Jesus noticed how the guests sought out the best seats at the table, he told them a parable. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: |
For it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower Before a noble whom your eyes have seen.
“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Yisra’ĕl.
יהושע said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,
and they love the best place at feasts, and the best seats in the congregations,
“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the congregations and the greetings in the market-places.
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the market-places, and the best seats in the congregations, and the best places at feasts,
doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the first among them, does not receive us.
And Shimshon said to them, “Please let me put forth a riddle to you. If you clearly solve and explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, then I shall give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of garments.