Luke 14:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ When Jesus noticed how the guests sought out the best seats at the table, he told them a parable.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

Luke 14:7 Cross References

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

Matthew 23:6

They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

Luke 20:46

“Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes and who love respectful greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.

3 John 1:9

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us.

Ezekiel 17:2

O mortal, propound a riddle and speak an allegory to the house of Israel.

Matthew 13:34

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.

Proverbs 8:1

Does not wisdom call and understanding raise her voice?

Judges 14:12

Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can explain it to me within the seven days of the feast and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.

Proverbs 25:7

for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen