Luke 14:32 - Easy To Read Version

³² If he cannot defeat the other king, then he will send some men to speak to the other king and ask for peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² And if he cannot [do so], when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Common English Bible

³² And if he didn’t think he could win, he would send a representative to discuss terms of peace while his enemy was still a long way off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.

Luke 14:32 Cross References

Job 40:9

Are your arms as strong as God’s arm?\par Do you have a voice like God’s voice\par that can sound loud like thunder?\par

Matthew 5:25

“If your enemy is taking you to court, then become friends with him quickly. You should do that before you go to court. If you don’t become his friend, then he might give you to the judge. And the judge might give you to a guard to put you in jail.

Matthew 5:42

If a person asks you for something, then give it to him. Don’t refuse to give to a person that wants to borrow from you.

Luke 12:58

Suppose a person is suing you, and you are going with him to court. You should try hard to settle it on the way. If you don’t settle it, he may take you to the judge. And the judge will throw you into jail.

Luke 14:31

“If a king is going to fight against another king, first he will sit down and plan. If the king has only 10,000 men, he will plan to see if he is able to defeat the other king that has 20,000 men.

Luke 14:33

It is the same for each of you. You must decide if you can leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower!

Luke 19:14

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So the people sent a group to follow the man to the other country. In the other country, this group said, ‘We don’t want that man to be our king!’

Acts 12:20

Herod was very angry with the people from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Those people all came in a group to Herod. They were able to get Blastus on their side. Blastus was the king’s personal servant. The people asked Herod for peace because their country needed food from Herod’s country.