Luke 14:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He told a parable  to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places  for themselves:

Cross References

Luke 11:43

‘Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat   in the synagogues   and greetings in the marketplaces.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing out of selfish ambition  or conceit,  but in humility  consider others as more important  than yourselves.

Matthew 23:6

They love the place of honour at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,

Luke 20:46

‘Beware   of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honour at banquets.

3 John 1:9

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them,  does not receive our authority.

Ezekiel 17:2

‘Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

Matthew 13:34

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,

Proverbs 8:1

Doesn’t wisdom  call out? Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?

Judges 14:12

‘Let me tell you a riddle,’  Samson said to them. ‘If you can explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and work it out, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.

Proverbs 25:7

for it is better for him to say to you, ‘Come up here! ’ than to demote you in plain view of a noble.  ,