Luke 18:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ ἐκεῖνος: ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται· ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.

Transliteration

Legō to-you, katebē this one dedikaiōmenos into the oikon of-him rather-than that-one: for all the one hypsōn heauton tapeinōthēsetai; the de one tapeinōn heauton hypsōthēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *Legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *katebē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - went down
• *dedikaiōmenos*: perfect passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having been justified
• *oikon*: accusative masculine singular - house/home
• *hypsōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - lifting up/exalting
• *heauton*: accusative reflexive pronoun, masculine singular - himself
• *tapeinōthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be humbled
• *de*: conjunction, adversative/transitional - but/and
• *tapeinōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - humbling
• *hypsōthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be exalted

Word Meanings

• *katebē*: went down/returned/descended
• *dedikaiōmenos*: having been justified/declared righteous
• *oikon*: house/home/household
• *hypsōn*: lifting up/exalting/elevating
• *tapeinōthēsetai*: will be humbled/brought low
• *tapeinōn*: humbling/bringing low
• *hypsōthēsetai*: will be exalted/lifted up/elevated

Referenced Verses

• Luke 14:11 : 11 For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
• Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
• Matt 23:12 : 12 And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
• Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.
• Rom 5:1 : 1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Rom 8:33 : 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
• Gal 2:16 : 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
• Jas 2:21-25 : 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. 25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
• Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
• Luke 1:52 : 52 He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.
• Luke 5:24-25 : 24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house. 25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.
• Luke 7:47-50 : 47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love. 48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins. 49 And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins? 50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
• Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.
• 1 Sam 1:18 : 18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.
• Job 9:20 : 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
• Job 22:29 : 29 For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation. 10 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox. 11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together. 13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
• Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
• Prov 3:34 : 34 He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.
• Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
• Prov 16:18-19 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall. 19 Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
• Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
• Eccl 9:7 : 7 Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
• Isa 2:11-17 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up; 13 And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan; 14 And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up; 15 And on every high tower, and on every strong wall; 16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats. 17 And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
• Isa 45:25 : 25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
• 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. 6 For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;