Luke 14:9 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:9

Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

BSB

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ASV

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(in reg. fus. ad inter. 12.) To take then the lowest place at a feast, according to our Lord's command, is becoming to every man, but again to rush contentiously after this is to be condemned as a breach of order and cause of tumult; and a strife raised about it, will place you on a level with those who dispute concerning the highest place. Wherefore, as our Lord here says, it becomes him who makes the feast to arrange the order of sitting down.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

For he will have to give place to one more honourable who is bidden afterwards, seeing that he is overtaken by the activity of those who followed him, and with shame he occupies the lowest place, now that knowing better things of the others he brings low whatever high thoughts he once had of his own works.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, It ought to check our high thoughts of ourselves to think how many there are that are more honourable than we, not only in respect of worldly dignities, but of personal merits and accomplishments. Instead of being proud that so many give place to us, it should be humbling to us that there are so many that we must give place to.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
σὲ	se	you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
καλέσας	kalesas	having invited	G2564 →
ἐρεῖ	erei	he will say	G4483 →
σοι·	soi	to you;	G4771 →
δὸς	dos	do give	G1325 →
τούτῳ	toutō	to this one	G3778 →
τόπον.	topon	[your] place.	G5117 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τότε	tote	then	G5119 →
ἄρξῃ	arxē	you will begin	G757 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
αἰσχύνης	aischunēs	shame	G152 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἔσχατον	eschaton	last	G2078 →
τόπον	topon	place	G5117 →
κατέχειν.	katechein	to take.	G2722 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
leads to
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 16:18–19
  Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Proverbs 15:33
  The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Through
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:12
  Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
  The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
  The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke