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Book of Luke
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:7 JFB -> Commentary on 14:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:7 PNT -> Commentary on 14:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:7 TFG -> Commentary on 14:7 TSK -> Commentary on 14:7 TSK -> Entry for 14:7 WEN -> Notes on 14:7 NTB -> Guest; Jesus, The Christ; Presumption; Self-Exaltation TTT -> Entertainments; Parables; Presumption EBD -> Banquet SBD -> Pharisees; Room; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 14:7 14:7 - [In Context] Then Jesus noticed that some of the guests were choosing the best places to sit. So Jesus told this story:
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:8 JFB -> Commentary on 14:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:8 PNT -> Commentary on 14:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:8 TFG -> Commentary on 14:8 TSK -> Commentary on 14:8 TSK -> Entry for 14:8 WEN -> Notes on 14:8 NTB -> Feasts; Guest; Jesus, The Christ; Presumption; Pride; Self-Exaltation TTT -> Entertainments; Parables; Presumption EBD -> Entertain SBD -> Marriage; Room WJD -> Devotional using 14:8 14:8 - [In Context] "When a person invites you to a wedding, don't sit in the most important seat. The person may have invited someone more important than you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:9 JFB -> Commentary on 14:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:9 PNT -> Commentary on 14:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:9 TFG -> Commentary on 14:9 TSK -> Commentary on 14:9 TSK -> Entry for 14:9 WEN -> Notes on 14:9 NTB -> Feasts; Guest; Jesus, The Christ; Presumption; Pride; Self-Exaltation TTT -> Parables; Presumption WJD -> Devotional using 14:9 14:9 - [In Context] And if you are sitting in the most important seat, then the person that invited you will come to you and say, 'Give this man your seat!' Then you will begin to move down to the last place. And you will be very embarrassed.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:10 JFB -> Commentary on 14:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:10 PNT -> Commentary on 14:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:10 TFG -> Commentary on 14:10 TSK -> Commentary on 14:10 TSK -> Entry for 14:10 WEN -> Notes on 14:10 NTB -> Feasts; Guest; Humility; Jesus, The Christ; Presumption; Respect; Self-Exaltation TTT -> Entertainments; Parables; Presumption SPG -> Devotional using 14:10 WJD -> Devotional using 14:10 14:10 - [In Context] So when a person invites you, go sit in the seat that is not important. Then the person that invited you will come to you and say, 'Friend, move up here to this better place!' What an honor this will be for you in front of all the other guests!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:11 JFB -> Commentary on 14:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:11 PNT -> Commentary on 14:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:11 TFG -> Commentary on 14:11 TSK -> Commentary on 14:11 TSK -> Entry for 14:11 WEN -> Notes on 14:11 NTB -> Guest; Humility; Jesus, The Christ; Presumption; Self-Exaltation TTT -> Humility; Parables; Presumption; Punishment of the Wicked, The WJD -> Devotional using 14:11 14:11 - [In Context] Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:12 JFB -> Commentary on 14:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:12 PNT -> Commentary on 14:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:12 TFG -> Commentary on 14:12 TSK -> Commentary on 14:12 TSK -> Entry for 14:12 WEN -> Notes on 14:12 NTB -> Hospitality; Jesus, The Christ; Poor TTT -> Entertainments EBD -> Dine; Eating SBD -> Meals WJD -> Devotional using 14:12 14:12 - [In Context] Then Jesus said to the Pharisee F256 that had invited him, "When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite only your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. At another time they will pay you back by inviting you to eat with them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:13 JFB -> Commentary on 14:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:13 PNT -> Commentary on 14:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:13 TFG -> Commentary on 14:13 TSK -> Commentary on 14:13 TSK -> Entry for 14:13 WEN -> Notes on 14:13 NTB -> Hospitality; Jesus, The Christ; Poor TTT -> Blessed, The; Entertainments; Hospitality; Poor, The EBD -> Alms; Poor SBD -> Alms; Poor WJD -> Devotional using 14:13 14:13 - [In Context] Instead, when you give a feast, invite the poor people, the crippled, and the blind.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 14:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 14:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 14:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 14:14 JFB -> Commentary on 14:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 14:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 14:14 PNT -> Commentary on 14:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 14:14 TFG -> Commentary on 14:14 TSK -> Commentary on 14:14 TSK -> Entry for 14:14 WEN -> Notes on 14:14 NTB -> Hospitality; Jesus, The Christ; Poor; Resurrection TTT -> Blessed, The; Hospitality; Poor, The; Resurrection, The WJD -> Devotional using 14:14 14:14 - [In Context] Then you will have great blessings, because these people cannot pay you back. They have nothing. But God will reward you at the time when good people rise from death."
FOOTNOTES: F256: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.