Luke 14:10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
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ASV
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.
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.
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29 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | But | G235 → |
| ὅταν | hotan | when | G3752 → |
| κληθῇς, | klēthēas | you may be invited, | G2564 → |
| πορευθεὶς | poreutheis | having gone | G4198 → |
| ἀνάπεσε | anapese | do recline | G377 → |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| ἔσχατον | eschaton | last | G2078 → |
| τόπον, | topon | place, | G5117 → |
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → |
| ὅταν | hotan | when | G3752 → |
| ἔλθῃ | elthē | may come | G2064 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → |
| κεκληκώς | keklēkōs | having invited | G2564 → |
| σε, | se | you, | G4771 → |
| ἐρεῖ | erei | he will say | G4483 → |
| σοι· | soi | to you; | G4771 → |
| φίλε, | phile | Friend, | G5384 → |
| προσανάβηθι | prosanabēthi | do come up | G4320 → |
| ἀνώτερον. | anōteron | higher. | G511 → |
| τότε | tote | Then | G5119 → |
| ἔσται | estai | will be | G1510 → |
| σοι | soi | to you | G4771 → |
| δόξα | doxa | glory | G1391 → |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 → |
| πάντων | pantōn | all | G3956 → |
| τῶν | tōn | those | G3588 → |
| συνανακειμένων | sunanakeimenōn | reclining | G4873 → |
| σοι. | soi | [with] you. | G4771 → |
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