Luke 14:7

Authorized 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,

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  • Luke 11:43 : 43 ‹Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.›
  • Matt 23:6 : 6 ‹And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,›
  • 3 John 1:9 : 9 ¶ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
  • Mark 12:38-39 : 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, ‹Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and› [love] ‹salutations in the marketplaces,› 39 ‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›
  • Luke 20:46 : 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;›
  • Acts 8:18-19 : 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
  • Judg 14:12 : 12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
  • Prov 8:1 : 1 ¶ Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
  • Matt 13:34 : 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

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  • Luke 14:8-18
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    90%

    8‹When thou art bidden of any› [man] ‹to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;›

    9‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.›

    10‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.›

    11‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›

    12Then said he also to him that bade him, ‹When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor› [thy] ‹rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.›

    13‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›

    14‹And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.›

    15¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

    16Then said he unto him, ‹A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:›

    17‹And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.›

    18‹And they all with one› [consent] ‹began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.›

  • Luke 14:20-25
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    20‹And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.›

    21‹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.›

    22‹And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.›

    23‹And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel› [them] ‹to come in, that my house may be filled.›

    24‹For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.›

    25¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

  • Matt 22:1-5
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    78%

    1¶ And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

    2‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,›

    3‹And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.›

    4‹Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and› [my] ‹fatlings› [are] ‹killed, and all things› [are] ‹ready: come unto the marriage.›

    5‹But they made light of› [it], ‹and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:›

  • Matt 22:8-12
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    78%

    8‹Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.›

    9‹Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.›

    10‹So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.›

    11‹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:›

    12‹And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.›

  • Mark 12:39
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    39‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›

  • Matt 23:6
    74%

    6‹And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,›

  • Luke 22:27
    74%

    27‹For whether› [is] ‹greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?› [is] ‹not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.›

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7‹But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?›

    8‹And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?›

  • Matt 22:14
    73%

    14‹For many are called, but few› [are] ‹chosen.›

  • Jas 2:3
    72%

    3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

  • Luke 11:37
    72%

    37¶ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

  • Luke 14:6
    72%

    6And they could not answer him again to these things.

  • Luke 7:36
    72%

    36¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

  • Luke 14:1
    72%

    1¶ And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

  • Luke 13:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29‹And they shall come from the east, and› [from] ‹the west, and from the north, and› [from] ‹the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.›

    30‹And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.›

  • Matt 20:16
    72%

    16‹So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.›

  • Luke 20:46
    71%

    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;›

  • Luke 22:9
    71%

    9And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

  • Mark 14:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14‹And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?›

    15‹And he will shew you a large upper room furnished› [and] ‹prepared: there make ready for us.›

  • Luke 15:3
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    3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

  • John 2:8
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    8And he saith unto them, ‹Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast.› And they bare [it].

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

  • Luke 12:37
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    37‹Blessed› [are] ‹those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.›

  • Mark 7:17
    71%

    17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.