KJV King James Version
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
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Luke 7:36
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
WEB World English Bible
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.
ASV American Standard Version
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),
Surrounding context — Luke 7
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἨρώταG2065 · erōtaōto askδέG1161 · dethenτιςG5100 · tisoneαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦαρισαίωνG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toφάγῃG5315 · phageinto eatμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἰσελθὼνG1525 · eiserchomaito enterεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἶκονG3624 · oikoshouse: homeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoΦαρισαίουG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeκατεκλίθη.G2625 · kataklinōto sit
Cross-references
Mark 14:3-9And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.Matthew 26:5-6But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.Luke 14:1And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.John 11:2-16(It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.Luke 7:34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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