Luke 14:32
Else yet while he is afar, he sendeth a messenger, and prayeth (for) those things that be of peace. (Or else while he is still far off, he sendeth a messenger, and beseecheth for those things that be of peace.)
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1 Kings 20:31and his servants said to him, [Lo!] We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel be merciful, therefore put we sackcloths in our loins, and cords in our heads, (or and so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and cords on our heads), and go we out to the king of Israel; in hap he shall save our lives.
Job 40:9And if thou hast an arm, or power, as God hath, and if thou thunderest with like voice,
Luke 12:58But when thou goest with thine adversary in the way (or on the way) to the prince [or Forsooth when thou goest with thine adversary to the prince in the way], do busyness to be delivered from him; lest peradventure he take thee to the doomsman (or lest perhaps he take thee to the judge), and the doomsman betake thee to the masterful asker, and the masterful asker send thee into prison.
James 4:6But he giveth the more grace; for which thing he saith, God withstandeth proud men, but to meek men he giveth grace, (or God opposeth the proud, but he giveth grace to the humble).
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →