Luke 14:7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

English Standard Version
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

New American Standard Bible
And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

King James Bible
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

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

International Standard Version
When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

American Standard Version
And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

Darby Bible Translation
And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

Young's Literal Translation
And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

Cross References

Proverbs 25:7
For better it is that it be said to you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

Matthew 23:6
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Luke 11:43
Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

14:7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the poor and afflicted should be observed from love to him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7-11. a parable—showing that His design was not so much to inculcate mere politeness or good manners, as underneath this to teach something deeper (Lu 14:11).

chief rooms—principal seats, in the middle part of the couch on which they reclined at meals, esteemed the most honorable.