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Luke 14 — Sermon Preparation
A sabbath healing sparks debate; parables of banquet seating and the great dinner follow, alongside the radical cost of discipleship. Below is a research summary for Luke 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 25
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Luke 14 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καλέω | kaléō | G2564 | 11 | bid, call, name ) |
| δεῖπνον | deîpnon | G1173 | 4 | feast, supper |
| δοῦλος (II) | doûlos | G1401 | 5 | bond, servant |
| ἄρχω | árchomai | G756 | 4 | begin |
| τόπος | tópos | G5117 | 4 | coast, licence, place, plain |
| παραιτέομαι | paraitéomai | G3868 | 3 | avoid, excuse, intreat, refuse |
| ἰσχύω | ischýō | G2480 | 3 | be able, avail, can do, could |
How preachers through history handled this text
25 public-domain excerpts on Luke 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Though the disciples of Christ are not all crucified, yet they all bear their cross, and must bear it in the way of duty. Jesus bids them count upon it, and then consider of it. Our Saviour explains this by two similitudes; the former showing that we must consider the expenses of our religion; the latter, that we must consider the perils of it. Sit down and count the cost; consider it will cost the mortifying of sin, even the most beloved lusts. The proudest and most daring sinner cannot stand against God, for who knows the power of his anger? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 14:25–50 (Public Domain)
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