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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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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
  • Proverbs 3:35The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
  • Ezekiel 28:2–10“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
  • Esther 6:6–12Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?” And Haman told the…
  • Daniel 4:30–34the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came…

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