And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief places; saying unto them,
All Commentaries on Luke 14:7 Go To Luke 14
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
A parable. What parable? In the text there is no parable, but only instruction. Maldonatus thinks that our Saviour spoke a parable on this occasion, which St. Luke has omitted, giving us only the moral and the substance of the instruction conveyed by it. (Calmet)
To take the lowest place at a feast, according to our Saviour's injunctions, is certainly very becoming; but imperiously to insist upon it, is far from acting according to our Saviour's wishes, particularly when it is destructive of regularity, and productive of discord and contention. (St. Basil)
