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Luke 14:17

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

KJV

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ δείπνου εἰπεῖν τοῖς κεκλημένοις· ἔρχεσθε, ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά εἰσιν.

Greek NT

Et misit servum suum hora cœnæ dicere invitatis ut venirent, quia jam parata sunt omnia.

Vulgate

and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

ASV

And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come: for now all things are ready.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δεῖπνον
deipnon
noun · 16×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕτοιμος
etoimos
adjective · 17×
ἤδη
ede
adverb · 58×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: ἐστιν | WH/NIV: ἐστιν | Treg/RP: + πάντα
  • ἐστινSBLGNT
  • ἐστινWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + πάνταTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Matt 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
  • Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
  • Matt 22:3 — And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
  • Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
  • Prov 9:1 — Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: