Luke 14:12-24 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Luke

Chapter 14

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12. ελεγεν δε και τω κεκληκοτι αυτον οταν ποιης αριστον η δειπνον μη φωνει τους φιλους σου μηδε τους αδελφους σου μηδε τους συγγενεις σου μηδε γειτονας πλουσιους μηποτε και αυτοι σε αντικαλεσωσιν και γενηται σοι ανταποδομα And he also said to him who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back and you be repaid.

13. αλλ οταν ποιης δοχην καλει πτωχους αναπειρους[1] χωλους τυφλους But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

14. και μακαριος εση οτι ουκ εχουσιν ανταποδουναι σοι ανταποδοθησεται γαρ σοι εν τη αναστασει των δικαιων and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

15. ακουσας δε τις των συνανακειμενων ταυτα ειπεν αυτω μακαριος ος[2] φαγεται αρτον[3] εν τη βασιλεια του θεου And when one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

16. ο δε ειπεν αυτω ανθρωπος τις εποιησεν[4] δειπνον μεγα και εκαλεσεν πολλους But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many.

17. και απεστειλεν τον δουλον αυτου τη ωρα του δειπνου ειπειν τοις κεκλημενοις ερχεσθε οτι ηδη ετοιμα εστιν παντα[5] And he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

18. και ηρξαντο απο μιας παραιτεισθαι παντες ο πρωτος ειπεν αυτω αγρον ηγορασα και εχω αναγκην εξελθειν και[6] ιδειν αυτον ερωτω σε εχε με παρητημενον But they all alike began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. I ask you, have me excused.’

19. και ετερος ειπεν ζευγη βοων ηγορασα πεντε και πορευομαι δοκιμασαι αυτα ερωτω σε εχε με παρητημενον “And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you, have me excused.’

20. και ετερος ειπεν γυναικα εγημα και δια τουτο ου δυναμαι ελθειν “And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

21. και παραγενομενος ο δουλος [7] απηγγειλεν τω κυριω αυτου ταυτα τοτε οργισθεις ο οικοδεσποτης ειπεν τω δουλω αυτου εξελθε ταχεως εις τας πλατειας και ρυμας της πολεως και τους πτωχους και αναπειρους[8] και τυφλους και χωλους εισαγαγε ωδε “And coming up, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’

22. και ειπεν ο δουλος κυριε γεγονεν ως[9] επεταξας και ετι τοπος εστιν “And the servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.’

23. και ειπεν ο κυριος προς τον δουλον εξελθε εις τας οδους και φραγμους και αναγκασον εισελθειν ινα γεμισθη ο οικος μου “And the lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24. λεγω γαρ υμιν οτι ουδεις των ανδρων εκεινων των κεκλημενων γευσεται μου του δειπνου For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.’”

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[1] NA-Text reads “αναπειρους”. Same verbal tense spelled differently. This spelling is supported by papyrus 75, codices A, B, D and Θ. The TR is supported by the Byzantine manuscripts and Theophylact. The Greek text has been adjusted following the NA-Text.

[2] NA-Text reads “οστις”. This is not a translatable difference.

[3] M-Text, P-text and WPF³⁵ read “αριστον” (dinner), which is supported by codices A*, W, family of manuscripts ƒ¹³, the Byzantine manuscripts, the Curetonian Syriac, Cyril of Jerusalem and Theophylact. The TR is supported by papyrus 75, codices א¹, A^c, B, D, K*, L, N, P, Δ, Θ, Ψ, family of manuscripts ƒ¹, minuscules 579, 892, 1241, 2542, the Peshitta, the Harklean Syriac, Clement of Alexandrian, Eusebius and Epiphanius. The support for the TR is superior. The text remains unchanged.

[4] NA-text reads “εποιει” (imperfect instead of aorist).

[5] NA-text omits “παντα” and renders “for it is now ready”.

[6] NA-text reads “εξελθων” (participle instead of infinitive).

[7] NA-text and Vg-St omit “εκεινος” and render “the servant” instead of “that servant”. This omission is supported by papyrus 45, codices א, A, B, D, Θ and Theophylact. The inclusion is supported by the Byzantine manuscripts. The word “that” is most certainly a later addition to the original text inserted to clarify that the servant in view is the same one that was sent in verse 17. This word has then been removed from the Greek text and the translation, following the NA-Text.

[8] See footnote in verse 13.

[9] NA-Text reads “ο” (“which” instead of “as”).

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Notes:

1. Text in red letters are places where the original reading in the Textus Receptus has been revised and corrected;

2. The English translation used as a reference is the WEB brought to conformity as literal as possible to the Textus Receptus. The end product though is not the WEB or a revised WEB and it should not be called WEB. The content of this post is freely available to everyone and it is not supposed to be copyrighted;

3. TR: Textus Receptus. This text is not copyrighted;

4. NA-Text: Nestle-Aland text commonly known as critical text;

5. M-Text: Majority Text;

6. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

7. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

8. P-Text: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

9. The creator of the variant apparatus available in the VarApp kindly gave me permission to freely use the information contained in the material he put together.

 

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