Luke 14:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Luke 11:43 : 43 `Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
  • Matt 23:6 : 6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
  • 3 John 1:9 : 9 I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us;
  • Mark 12:38-39 : 38 and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places, 39 and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,
  • Luke 20:46 : 46 `Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,
  • Acts 8:18-19 : 18 And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money, 19 saying, `Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.'
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
  • Judg 14:12 : 12 And Samson saith to them, `Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me `in' the seven days of the banquet, and have found `it' out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments;
  • Prov 8:1 : 1 Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 `Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
  • Matt 13:34 : 34 All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 14:8-18
    11 verses
    90%

    8 `When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

    9 and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

    10 `But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

    11 because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

    12 And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

    13 but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

    14 and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

    15 And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy `is' he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

    16 and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

    17 and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

    18 `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

  • Luke 14:20-25
    6 verses
    79%

    20 and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

    21 `And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

    22 `And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

    23 `And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

    24 for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

    25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

  • Matt 22:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1 And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

    2 `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

    3 and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

    4 `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things `are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

    5 and they, having disregarded `it', went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

  • Matt 22:8-12
    5 verses
    78%

    8 then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

    9 be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

    10 `And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

    11 `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

    12 and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

  • Mark 12:39
    77%

    39 and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,

  • Matt 23:6
    74%

    6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Luke 22:27
    74%

    27 for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 `But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

    8 but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

  • Matt 22:14
    73%

    14 for many are called, and few chosen.'

  • Jas 2:3
    72%

    3 and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

  • Luke 11:37
    72%

    37 And in `his' speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

  • Luke 14:6
    72%

    6 and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

  • Luke 7:36
    72%

    36 And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

  • Luke 14:1
    72%

    1 And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

  • Luke 13:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

    30 and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

  • Matt 20:16
    72%

    16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

  • Luke 20:46
    71%

    46 `Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

  • Luke 22:9
    71%

    9 and they said to him, `Where wilt thou that we might prepare?'

  • Mark 14:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

    15 and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'

  • Luke 15:3
    71%

    3 And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

  • John 2:8
    71%

    8 and he saith to them, `Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

  • Prov 25:7
    71%

    7 For better `that' he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than `that' he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

  • Luke 12:37
    71%

    37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

  • Mark 7:17
    71%

    17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,