Luke 14:7

Luke chapter 14 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

v.6And they could not answer again unto these things.

v.7This passage

v.8When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;
3 John 1:9
I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
Mark 12:38
And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, andto have salutations in the marketplaces,
Luke 11:43
Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;