Luke 14:7
World English Bible (WEB)
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
In context
5 He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
Luke 14:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
- KJV King James Version
- And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
- ASV 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,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,