The Parable of the Banquet
Luke 14:24
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
- KJV
- For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
- WEB
- For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”RP MT includes the last sentence. TR, NU, and FH MT omit: For many are called, but few are chosen.
- ASV
- For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.
- LSV
- for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
- YLT
- for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'
- DBY
- for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.
- DRC
- But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
- GNV
- For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include πολλοί γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί ὀλίγοι δέ ἐκλεκτοί.¶ (“many for are called few but chosen”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δείπνου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δείπνου; Robinson–Pierpont add Πολλοί γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί ὀλίγοι δέ ἐκλεκτοί.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου.
- RP2018
- Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου. Πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
- TR-Boyd
- Λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου.
- SCR1894
- λεγω γαρ υμιν οτι ουδεις των ανδρων εκεινων των κεκλημενων γευσεται μου του δειπνου
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Matthew 22:8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
- John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Hebrews 12:25–26See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? At that time His…
- Matthew 23:38–39Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
- John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
- Proverbs 1:24–32Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when…
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