Verse 31
Luke 14:31
American Standard Version
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Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Original Language Text
greek
ἢ τίς βασιλεὺς πορευόμενος ⸂ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ συμβαλεῖν⸃ εἰς πόλεμον οὐχὶ καθίσας πρῶτον ⸀βουλεύσεται εἰ δυνατός ἐστιν ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν ⸀ὑπαντῆσαι τῷ μετὰ εἴκοσι χιλιάδων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπ’ αὐτόν;
English Translation
Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down to deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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And they could not answer again unto these things.
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And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seat...
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When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a mo...
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and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt b...
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But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee co...
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For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy fri...
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But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
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and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be r...
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And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he t...
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But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:
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and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things...
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And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field...
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And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excus...
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And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said...
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And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.
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And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to com...
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For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.
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Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,
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If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and br...
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Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he...
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Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock...
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saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
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Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel...
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So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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