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

7And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the best places; saying to them, 8When thou art invited by any man to a wedding, sit not down in the best place; lest a more honourable man than thou be invited by him; And he that invited thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit eating with thee. 11For whoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall 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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• invitedκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• theeσέse · youG4571
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• theeσοίsoi · youG4671
• Giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• manτούτῳtoutō · to thisG5129
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• andτότεtote · thenG5119
• beginἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• shameαἰσχύνηaischunē · shameG152
• takeκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• lowestἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078

Cross-references for Luke 14:9

• Esther 6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
• Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
• Proverbs 11:2Whenpride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowlyiswisdom.
• Proverbs 16:18Pridegoethbefore destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
• Daniel 4:30The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour 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