Luke 7:36

King James Version (KJV)

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

Translations

Luke 7:36 - Amplified Bible

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.

Luke 7:36 - American Standard Version

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisees house, and sat down to meat.

Luke 7:36 - Bible in Basic English

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

Luke 7:36 - Darby Bible

But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table;

Luke 7:36 - English Standard Version

One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

Luke 7:36 - King James Version

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

Luke 7:36 - La Biblia de las Americas

Uno de los fariseos le pedìa que comiera con él; y entrando en la casa del fariseo, se sentò a la mesa.

Luke 7:36 - The Message

One of the Pharisees asked him over for a meal. He went to the Pharisee’s house and sat down at the dinner table. Just then a woman of the village, the town harlot, having learned that Jesus was a guest in the home of the Pharisee, came with a bottle of very expensive perfume and stood at his feet, weeping, raining tears on his feet. Letting down her hair, she dried his feet, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfume. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man was the prophet I thought he was, he would have known what kind of woman this is who is falling all over him."

Luke 7:36 - New American Standard Bible

Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined {at the table.}

Luke 7:36 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Uno de los Fariseos pidiò a Jesùs que comiera con él; y entrando El en la casa del Fariseo, se sentò a la mesa.

Luke 7:36 - World English Bible

One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee`s house, and sat at the table.

Luke 7:36 - Young's Living Translation

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

Luke 7:36 - Additional Comments

When someone asks you to eat with them, generally they are trying to do something for you, to serve you a good meal, and to spend time with you. Yet Jesus' purpose was not to be served, but to serve (Mark 10:45). Here Jesus is in a situation where he is the receiver, yet his whole purpose for being there is to give. As we find ourselves in places and situations, may we always have the perspective of looking at how we can give to those who are there.
Amazingly, all Jesus did He did with a purpose. He had a purpose for joining the Pharisee for dinner. It seems that many would call out to Jesus to join them, to heal them, to help their loved one, so that He did not attend to everyone's needs, only to a chosen group. Jesus must have chosen that which would have the greatest purpose, even though some He chose not to attend to still would have had a worthy purpose. So, not only did Jesus do everything with a purpose, He always chose to do what had the greatest purpose.
What was Jesus' favorite food? To do God's will (John 4:34). And that is what He was doing at the Pharisee's house. So, little did the Pharisee know it, but Jesus was getting his favorite food at the Pharisee's house! (What is your favorite food?)

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