For good to say to thee, Come up hither, rather than humbling thyself before the noble whom thine eye saw.
Luke 14:7 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And he spake a parable to the called, fixing his attention how they chose out the first places at table; saying to them, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 good to say to thee, Come up hither, rather than humbling thyself before the noble whom thine eye saw.
Son of man, propose an enigma and use a parable to the house of Israel;
All these things spake Jesus in parables to the crowds; and without a parable spake he not to them.
And love the first place at suppers, and the first seat in the assemblies,
Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in assemblies, and greetings in market-places.
Hold from the scribes, wishing to walk about in robes, and loving greetings in the markets, and precedencies in assemblies, and the first places at tables at suppers;
Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.
I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, seeking the superiority over them, receives us not.
And Samson will say to them, I will propose to you an enigma: if announcing, ye shall announce it to me in seven days of the drinking, and ye find out, and I will give to you thirty wide garments and thirty exchanges of garments: