Luke

Luke 14:10

¹⁰But 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.’^b Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

Footnotes

b 14:10 See Proverbs 25:7|PRO 25:7.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	Ἀλλ’	All’	Conjunction	G235 but, except
when	ὅταν	hotan	Conjunction	G3752 when, whensoever
you are invited	κληθῇς	klēthēs	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Singular	G2564 I call, invite, name
go	πορευθεὶς	poreutheis	Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4198 I travel, journey, go
sit	ἀνάπεσε	anapese	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G377 I lie down, recline, fall back upon
in	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
last	ἔσχατον	eschaton	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2078 last, at the last, finally
place	τόπον	topon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5117 a place
so that	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
your host	κεκληκώς	keklēkōs	Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2564 I call, invite, name
will come	ἔλθῃ	elthē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2064 I come, go
tell	ἐρεῖ	erei	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2046 I say, speak
you	σοι	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
Friend	Φίλε	Phile	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G5384 friendly, a friend
move up	προσανάβηθι	prosanabēthi	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G4320 I go up to, come up to
to a better place	ἀνώτερον	anōteron	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative	G511 higher, to a more honorable place, previously, above
Then	τότε	tote	Adverb	G5119 then
you	σοι	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
will be	ἔσται	estai	Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
honored	δόξα	doxa	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G1391 honor, renown, glory splendor
in front of	ἐνώπιον	enōpion	Preposition	G1799 before the face of, in the presence of
everyone	πάντων	pantōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
at the table	συνανακειμένων	synanakeimenōn	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural	G4873 I recline at table with
you	σοι	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you

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