Luke 14:7 - English Majority Text Version 2009

So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

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King 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:

Luke 14:7 Cross References

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable He did not speak to them,

Matthew 23:6

They love the first couch in the suppers, and the best seats in the synagogues,

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees! Because you love the first seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke 20:46

Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk about in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at dinners,

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.

3 John 1:9

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves the preeminence over them, does not receive us.