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So he went in and took his place at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And as He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him that He would dine with him. And having entered, He reclined.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in and reclined <i>at the table.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined <i>at the table.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have a meal with him. And He went in and reclined <i>at the table</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now after Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him. He went in [the Pharisee’s home] and reclined <i>at the table</i> [without ceremonially washing His hands].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. So he went in and reclined at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and reclined at the table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him home for a meal. Jesus went and sat down to eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After Jesus spoke, a Pharisee invited him to have lunch at his house. So Jesus accepted the invitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and sat down to eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After Jesus had said this, a Pharisee invited him to have a meal with him. So Jesus went and took his place at the table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now as he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And in [His] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking Him that He might dine with him, and having gone in, He reclined,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And as He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him that He would dine with him. And having entered, He reclined.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And in his speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in the speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him: and having come in he reclined.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him, that he would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him to eat with him. And going inside, he sat down to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After he had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />While he spoke, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; and he entered and reclined.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“But while he was speaking, one Pharisee requested of him that he would dine with him, and he entered and reclined.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. And he went in and reclined at table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And while He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him, that He would dine with him: and having come in, He sat up at the table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Now as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee invited him to dine with him; and going in with him, he sat down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine his house, where he went, and sat down at table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Now, as He spake, a Pharisee asks Him to dine with him; and, entering, He reclined <i>at table</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And as He spake, a certain pharisee asked Him to dine with him: and He went in and sat down <i>at table.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/11-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=4789" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/11.htm">Woes to Religious Leaders</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36</span>So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.” <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: En (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">As</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: lalēsai (V-ANA) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">Jesus was speaking,</a> <a href="/greek/5330.htm" title="5330: Pharisaios (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.">a Pharisee</a> <a href="/greek/2065.htm" title="2065: erōta (V-PIA-3S) -- Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.">invited</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/3704.htm" title="3704: hopōs (Conj) -- From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual).">to</a> <a href="/greek/709.htm" title="709: aristēsē (V-ASA-3S) -- To breakfast, dine. From ariston; to take the principle meal.">dine</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: par’ (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him;</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">so</a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: eiselthōn (V-APA-NMS) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">He went in</a> <a href="/greek/377.htm" title="377: anepesen (V-AIA-3S) -- From ana and pipto; to fall back, i.e. Lie down, lean back.">and reclined at the table.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">38</span>But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25-26</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-1.htm">Mark 7:1-5</a></span><br />Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, / and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. / Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-1.htm">Matthew 15:1-2</a></span><br />Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, / “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a></span><br />But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-38.htm">Mark 12:38-40</a></span><br />In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces, / and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Matthew 23:5-7</a></span><br />All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. / They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues, / the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a></span><br />So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1-2</a></span><br />“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. / So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-10.htm">Matthew 9:10-11</a></span><br />Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples. / When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-38.htm">Matthew 12:38-39</a></span><br />Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” / Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee sought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/7-36.htm">Luke 7:36</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/14-1.htm">Luke 14:1</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm">1 Corinthians 9:19-23</a></b></br> For though I be free from all <i>men</i>, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/9-40.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/matthew/22-4.htm">Breakfast</a> <a href="/luke/7-36.htm">Dine</a> <a href="/luke/11-6.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/luke/11-26.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/luke/9-34.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/luke/11-1.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/luke/11-25.htm">House</a> <a href="/luke/7-39.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/luke/11-29.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/luke/9-13.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/luke/7-40.htm">Pharisee</a> <a href="/luke/7-8.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/luke/7-37.htm">Reclined</a> <a href="/luke/11-13.htm">Request</a> <a href="/luke/10-39.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/luke/10-39.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/luke/11-33.htm">Table</a> <a href="/luke/11-14.htm">Talking</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/15-28.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/john/21-12.htm">Breakfast</a> <a href="/luke/14-1.htm">Dine</a> <a href="/luke/12-19.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/john/12-36.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/luke/11-51.htm">House</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/luke/11-38.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/11-38.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/luke/12-23.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/luke/11-38.htm">Pharisee</a> <a href="/luke/19-35.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/luke/22-14.htm">Reclined</a> <a href="/luke/14-8.htm">Request</a> <a href="/luke/14-15.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/luke/11-43.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/luke/12-37.htm">Table</a> <a href="/luke/18-34.htm">Talking</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-1.htm">Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-11.htm">assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-14.htm">He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-27.htm">and shows who are blessed;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-29.htm">preaches to the people;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/11-37.htm">and reprimands the outward show of holiness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As Jesus was speaking</b><br>This phrase indicates that Jesus was actively engaged in teaching or addressing a crowd. The context of His speaking often involved parables, teachings on the Kingdom of God, or rebukes of the religious leaders. This setting underscores the public nature of His ministry and His role as a teacher and prophet.<p><b>a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him</b><br>Pharisees were a prominent religious group in Judaism known for their strict adherence to the Law and traditions. Inviting Jesus to dine was significant, as meals were important social and religious events. This invitation could have been an attempt to scrutinize Jesus or to engage Him in theological discussion. The Pharisees often opposed Jesus, but some were curious about His teachings.<p><b>so He went in</b><br>Jesus' acceptance of the invitation demonstrates His willingness to engage with all people, including those who were often His critics. This action reflects His mission to reach out to sinners and those in need of spiritual guidance, as seen in His interactions with tax collectors and other marginalized groups.<p><b>and reclined at the table</b><br>In the cultural context of the time, reclining at the table was a common practice during meals, especially formal ones. This posture indicates a level of intimacy and acceptance of the host's hospitality. It also sets the stage for the ensuing dialogue and teaching moments that often occurred during meals in Jesus' ministry, as seen in other Gospel accounts.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who is teaching and performing miracles throughout His ministry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharisee.htm">Pharisee</a></b><br>A member of an influential religious sect in Judaism known for strict adherence to the Law and traditions. They often clashed with Jesus over interpretations of the Law and issues of the heart.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/dining_event.htm">Dining Event</a></b><br>A social gathering where Jesus is invited to share a meal, which was a common practice for fellowship and discussion in Jewish culture.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/invitation_to_fellowship.htm">Invitation to Fellowship</a></b><br>Jesus accepts invitations from all, including those who may oppose Him, demonstrating His openness to dialogue and relationship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/challenge_of_hypocrisy.htm">Challenge of Hypocrisy</a></b><br>The Pharisee's invitation sets the stage for Jesus to address the issue of hypocrisy, reminding us to examine our own hearts and motives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_of_meals.htm">Cultural Context of Meals</a></b><br>In Jewish culture, sharing a meal was significant for building relationships. We should consider how we use our own meal times for fellowship and ministry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/openness_to_correction.htm">Openness to Correction</a></b><br>Jesus' willingness to dine with a Pharisee shows His readiness to engage with those who need correction. We should be open to receiving and giving correction in love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/focus_on_the_heart.htm">Focus on the Heart</a></b><br>The emphasis is on internal purity and righteousness rather than mere external compliance with religious norms.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_luke_11_24-26_contradict_mental_health.htm">In Luke 11:24–26, does the description of evil spirits roaming and returning contradict current psychological or medical understanding of mental disorders? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jesus'_critique_align_with_the_law.htm">In Luke 11:42-52, how do we reconcile Jesus' strict criticism of religious leaders with other passages that affirm the divine origin and authority of the Law?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_of_queen's_divine_wisdom.htm">In Luke 11:31, is there credible historical evidence affirming that the Queen of the South recognized a divine wisdom comparable to, or foreshadowing, that of Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_ride_one_or_two_animals.htm">How many animals did Jesus ride into Jerusalem? One (Mark 11:7, Luke 19:35) or two (Matthew 21:7)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">A certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him.</span>--On the act, and the feeling which it implied, see Note on <a href="/luke/7-36.htm" title="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</a>. The word translated "dine" implies a morning or noon-tide meal, as distinct from the supper of the evening.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 37-54.</span> - <span class="accented">In the Pharisee's house. The Lord's stern denunciation of the Pharisee teaching and life.</span> The day was not far advanced, and the Master was probably weary and faint after the long and exciting discussion just related; taking advantage, probably, of this evident weariness, some of the Pharisee emissaries from the capital, to whose presence we have before alluded, suggested to one of their friends, who had a residence in the town where the events just related had taken place, that he should invite the Master to come in and rest awhile and partake of a repast. They wished, no doubt, to get him away from the fast increasing crowd, and, when alone with him, they hoped to entangle him in a fresh discussion, and entrap him into some statement which they would be enabled subsequently to make use of, when they formally accused him of heretical, blasphemous teaching. There is no doubt that at this period of his ministry a deep-laid plot had been formed to compass in some way or other the death of this Teacher, whose words and acts were beginning so deeply to compromise their position and influence in the nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/11-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">As</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(En)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Jesus] was speaking,</span><br /><span class="grk">λαλῆσαι</span> <span class="translit">(lalēsai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a Pharisee</span><br /><span class="grk">Φαρισαῖος</span> <span class="translit">(Pharisaios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5330.htm">Strong's 5330: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">invited</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐρωτᾷ</span> <span class="translit">(erōta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2065.htm">Strong's 2065: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὸν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅπως</span> <span class="translit">(hopōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3704.htm">Strong's 3704: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dine</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀριστήσῃ</span> <span class="translit">(aristēsē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_709.htm">Strong's 709: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breakfast, dine. From ariston; to take the principle meal.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="grk">παρ’</span> <span class="translit">(par’)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">him;</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῷ</span> <span class="translit">(autō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[so]</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He went in</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰσελθὼν</span> <span class="translit">(eiselthōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] reclined at the table.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνέπεσεν</span> <span class="translit">(anepesen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_377.htm">Strong's 377: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ana and pipto; to fall back, i.e. Lie down, lean back.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/luke/11-37.htm">Luke 11:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/luke/11-37.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 11:37 Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/11-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 11:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 11:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/11-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 11:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 11:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>