Luke 14:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and desires conditions of peace.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:31-34 : 31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Benhadad says, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he still alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men diligently observed whether anything would come from him, and hastily caught it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he brought him up into the chariot. 34 And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
  • 2 Kgs 10:4-5 : 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings did not stand before him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he who was over the house, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who raised the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you bid us; we will not make any king: do what is good in your eyes.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm like God, or can you thunder with a voice like him?
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
  • Luke 12:58 : 58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are on the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.
  • Acts 12:20 : 20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country.
  • Jas 4:6-9 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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    27 And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

    28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?

    29 Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him,

    30 Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

    31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

  • 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

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    10 When you come near a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

    11 And it shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found within shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you.

    12 And if it will not make peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

  • 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.

  • 58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are on the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

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    7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8 Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

  • 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

  • 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon it: if not, it will return to you.

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    16 Then he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many:

    17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come; for all things are now ready.

    18 And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I ask you to have me excused.

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    23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

    24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

  • 8 Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

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    7 And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best places; saying to them,

    8 When you are invited by any man to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be invited by him;

    9 And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

    10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then you will have honor in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.

  • 12 Then he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and you be repaid.

  • 25 And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,

  • 6 And what man is he who has planted a vineyard and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • 13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

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    14 But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

    15 And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

  • 27 But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

  • 6 And thus shall you say to him who lives in prosperity, Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace to all that you have.

  • 10 Then he said to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

  • 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  • 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business:

  • 14 That the kingdom might be lowly, that it might not lift itself up, but by keeping his covenant it might stand.

  • 15 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 5 Or let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.

  • 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

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    21 When a strong man, armed, guards his palace, his goods are in peace:

    22 But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

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  • 2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who prepared a wedding for his son,

  • 14 There was a little city with few men in it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great siege works against it.

  • 2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • 9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

  • 3 And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

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    29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.

    30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.