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Luke 14:32 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. "
Luke 14:32
Verse in Context
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Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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Luke 14:1
"And 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."
Luke 14:2
"And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy."
Luke 14:3
"And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?"
Luke 14:4
"And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;"
Luke 14:5
"And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?"
Luke 14:6
"And they could not answer him again to these things."
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