Luke 14:7

7 When Yeshua noticed how the guests were choosing for themselves the best seats at the table, he told them this parable:

Luke 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 14:7

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden,
&c.] To the dinner at the Pharisee's house, particularly the lawyers, or Scribes and Pharisees:

when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms;
the uppermost places at the table, which these men loved, coveted, and sought after; (See Gill on Matthew 23:6)

saying unto them;
as follows.

Luke 14:7 In-Context

5 To them he said, "Which of you, if a son or an ox falls into a well, will hesitate to haul him out on Shabbat?"
6 And to these things they could give no answer.
7 When Yeshua noticed how the guests were choosing for themselves the best seats at the table, he told them this parable:
8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, don't sit down in the best seat; because if there is someone more important than you who has been invited,
9 the person who invited both of you might come and say to you, `Give this man your place.' Then you will be humiliated as you go to take the least important place.
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