Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: "
— Luke 14:7, Catholic Public Domain 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,”
“And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them, ”
“He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,”
“On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,”
“And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:”
“And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,”
“And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,”
But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.
And responding to them, he said, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?”
And they were unable to respond to him about these things.
Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
“When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him.
And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.
But when you are invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, so that, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you.