Luke 14:32
New International Version
If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

New Living Translation
And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away.

English Standard Version
And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Berean Standard Bible
And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

Berean Literal Bible
And if not, of him being still far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for peace.

King James Bible
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

New King James Version
Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

New American Standard Bible
Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and requests terms of peace.

NASB 1995
“Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

NASB 1977
“Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace.

Legacy Standard Bible
Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Amplified Bible
Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.

Christian Standard Bible
If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

American Standard Version
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And if not, while he is far off from him, he sends envoys and pleads for peace.”

Contemporary English Version
If he thinks he won't be able to defend himself, he will send messengers and ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

English Revised Version
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If he can't, he'll send ambassadors to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

Good News Translation
If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off.

International Standard Version
If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

Literal Standard Version
And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.

Majority Standard Bible
And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

New American Bible
But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.

NET Bible
If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

New Revised Standard Version
If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.

New Heart English Bible
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and desireth conditions of peace.

Weymouth New Testament
If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.

World English Bible
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.

Young's Literal Translation
and if not so -- he being yet a long way off -- having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Cost of Discipleship
31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Luke 14:31
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:33
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

Luke 19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.'


Treasury of Scripture

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

and desireth.

Luke 12:58
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

1 Kings 20:31-34
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life…

2 Kings 10:4,5
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? …

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Luke 14
1. Jesus heals the dropsy on the Sabbath;
7. teaches humility;
12. to feast the poor;
15. under the parable of the great supper,
23. shows how worldly minded men shall be shut out of heaven.
25. Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must make their accounts beforehand,
31. lest with shame they revolt from him afterward;
34. and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that has lost its flavor.














(32) Desireth conditions of peace.--Literally, the things that make for peace. The phrase is the same as that in Luke 19:42, "the things that belong unto thy peace." Are we to see any special significance in this addition to the general teaching of the previous verse, and if so, what is it? The answer seems to be that what our Lord teaches is the necessity of thoroughness in what we do. If we cannot make up our minds to the cost involved in warring against the world and its evil, we had better come to terms with it, and live in such peace as we can thus gain. If we shrink from the thought of fighting against God, we had better accept His conditions of peace. The worst folly of all is to enter into the conflict with a wavering will, not caring to know what "the things belonging to our peace" actually are, or to endeavour to stand apart in an impossible neutrality. Taking the highest application of the parable, He who spoke it had counted the cost, and therefore carried on the war with evil to the last, and would make no terms with it.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

[he is unable],
μή¦γε (mē¦ge)
Particle
Strong's 1490: But if not, else, otherwise. From ei, de, and me; but if not.

he will send
ἀποστείλας (aposteilas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

a delegation
πρεσβείαν (presbeian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4242: An embassy, delegation, eldership. From presbeuo; seniority, i.e. an embassy.

[while the other king]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

is
ὄντος (ontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

still
ἔτι (eti)
Adverb
Strong's 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.

far off,
πόρρω (porrō)
Adverb
Strong's 4206: Far, far off, at a distance. Adverb from pro; forwards, i.e. At a distance.

to ask
ἐρωτᾷ (erōta)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

for
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

terms of peace.
εἰρήνην (eirēnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.


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