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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Luke 14:9

7Now He began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, 8“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, and the one who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then in disgrace you will proceed to occupy the last place. 10But whenever you are invited, go and take the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are dining at the table with you. 11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one 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

• and the one who invitedκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• bothκαίkai · andG2532
• bothαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• will comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to you, ‘Giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• to thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• and thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• in disgraceαἰσχύνηaischunē · shameG152
• you will proceedἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
• to occupyκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078

Cross-references for Luke 14:9

• Esther 6:6Haman then came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”
• Proverbs 3:35The wise will inherit honor, But fools increase dishonor.
• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes dishonor; But with the humble there is wisdom.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says this: “Because your heart is haughty And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--
• Daniel 4:30The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor 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