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Luke 14:16

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἄνθρωπός τις ἐποίει δεῖπνον μέγα, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν πολλούς,

Greek NT

At ipse dixit ei : Homo quidam fecit cœnam magnam, et vocavit multos.

Vulgate

But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

ASV

But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεῖπνον
deipnon
noun · 16×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐποίει | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐποίει | RP: ἐποίησεν
  • ἐποίειSBLGNT
  • ἐποίειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐποίησενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting lif
  • Isa 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
  • Isa 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Matt 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • Matt 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
  • Prov 9:2 — She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
  • Rev 3:20 — Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
  • Rev 22:17 — And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.