30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’ 31 Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and[a] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand. 32 But if not, while[b] the other is still far away, he sends an ambassador and[c] asks for terms of[d] peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sit down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 14:32 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“is”)
  3. Luke 14:32 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“asks”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Luke 14:32 Literally “the things with reference to”