English Standard Version
Luke 14:10
10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.
Luke 14:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.
Context of Luke 14:10
8"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." 12He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
Read all of Luke 14Luke 14:10 word by word
ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν κληθῇς, πορευθεὶς ἀνάπεσε εἰς τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον, ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ κεκληκώς σε, ἐρεῖ σοι· φίλε, προσανάβηθι ἀνώτερον. τότε ἔσται σοι δόξα ἐνώπιον πάντων τῶν συνανακειμένων σοι.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butἀλλάalla · butG235
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- thou art biddenκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
- goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
- and sit downἀναπίπτωanapipto · to reclineG377
- inεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the lowestἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
- roomτόποςtopos · placeG5117
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- he may sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Friendφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
- go upπροσαναβαίνωprosanabainō · to go upG4320
- higherἀνώτεροςanōteros · higherG511
- thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- shaltεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- have worshipδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
- in the presenceἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
- sit at meat withσυνανάκειμαιsunanakeimai · to dine withG4873
Cross-references for Luke 14:10
- 1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 25:6Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great,
- Isaiah 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Revelation 3:9Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
Commentaries on Luke 14:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The lowest room - The lowest seat at the table; showing that you are not desirous of distinctions, or greedy of that honor which may properly belong to you. Shalt have worship - The word “worship” here means “honor.” They who are sitting with you shall treat you with respect. They will learn your rank by your being invited nearer to the head of the table, and it will be better to learn it thus than by putting yourself forward. They will do you honor…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the poor and afflicted should be…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. a parable--showing that His design was not so much to inculcate mere politeness or good manners, as underneath this to teach something deeper (Lu 14:11). chief rooms--principal seats, in the middle part of the couch on which they reclined at meals, esteemed the most honorable.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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