Luke 14:9

Luke 14:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!

Context of Luke 14:9

7Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 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, and 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. 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. 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Luke 14:9 word by word

καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι· δὸς τούτῳ τόπον. καὶ τότε ἄρξῃ μετὰ αἰσχύνης τὸν ἔσχατον τόπον κατέχειν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• that badeκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• this manοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• thouἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• ·τότεtote · thenG5119
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• shameαἰσχύνηaischunē · shameG152
• to takeκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• the lowestἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078

Cross-references for Luke 14:9

• Esther 6:6So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"
• Proverbs 3:35The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezekiel 28:2"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
• Daniel 4:30and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"

Commentaries on Luke 14:9

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9in humiliation: In first-century Jewish culture, honor was very important. This kind of humiliation would have been almost worse than death.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

Topics related to Luke 14:9

• Feasts
• Guest
• Jesus, the Christ
• Presumption
• Pride
• Self-Exaltation

In the dictionaries

• Compel
• Condition
• Consent
• Consult
• Exalt
• Excuse
• Halt
• Hate
• Worship
• Bid

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