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30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whoever of you adoes not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.  

Tasteless Salt Is Worthless

34 a“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?  
35 It is neither fit for the land nor for the1 dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” 
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Luke 14:32

Or else (ei de mhge). Same idiom in Luke 5:36. Luke is fond of this formula.

An ambassage (presbeian). Old and common word for the office of ambassador, composed of old men (presbeiv) like Japanese Elder Statesmen who are supposed to possess wisdom. In the N.T. only here and Luke 19:14.

Asketh conditions of peace (erwtai prov eirhnhn). The use of erwtaw in this sense of beg or petition is common in the papyri and Koin‚ generally. The original use of asking a question survives also. The text is uncertain concerning prov eirhnhn which means with erwtaw, to ask negotiations for peace. In B we have eiv instead of prov like verse Luke 14:28. Most MSS. have ta before prov or eiv, but not in Aleph and B. It is possible that the ta was omitted because of preceding tai (omoeoteleuton), but the sense is the same. See Romans 14:19 ta thv eirhnhv, the things of peace, which concern or look towards peace, the preliminaries of peace.




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John 12:25

 

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