The Parable of the Guests
Luke 14:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
- KJV
- And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
- WEB
- and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
- ASV
- and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
- LSV
- and he who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.
- YLT
- and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.
- DBY
- and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this [man], and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.
- DRC
- And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
- GNV
- And he that bade both him and thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι· Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον, καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετὰ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον· καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετ’ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον· καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετ᾿ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.
- SCR1894
- και ελθων ο σε και αυτον καλεσας ερει σοι δος τουτω τοπον και τοτε αρξη μετ αισχυνης τον εσχατον τοπον κατεχειν
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◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem
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