Luke 14:15

Good News Translation

When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, "How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

King James Version (1611)
And when one of them that sate at meate with him, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is hee that shall eate bread in the kingdom of God.

King James Version
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

English Standard Version
When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

New American Standard Bible
Now when one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

New Century Version
One of those at the table with Jesus heard these things and said to him, "Blessed are the people who will share in the meal in God's kingdom."

Amplified Bible
When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Legacy Standard Bible
But when one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Berean Standard Bible
When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had finished speaking, one of the guests said, "The greatest blessing of all is to be at the banquet in God's kingdom!"

Complete Jewish Bible
On hearing this, one of the people at the table with Yeshua said to him, "How blessed are those who eat bread in the Kingdom of God!"

Darby Translation
And one of those that were lying at table with [them], hearing these things, said to him, Blessed [is] he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Easy-to-Read Version
One of the men sitting at the table with Jesus heard these things. The man said to him, "It will be a great blessing for anyone to eat a meal in God's kingdom!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.

George Lamsa Translation
When one of the guests heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Lexham English Bible
Now when one of those reclining at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Literal Translation
And one of those reclining with Him , hearing these things, he said to Him, Blessed are those eating bread in the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Bible in Basic English
And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

Hebrew Names Version
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the kingdom of God!"

International Standard Version
Now one of those eating with him heard this and said to him, "How blessed is the person who will eateat bread">[fn] in the kingdom of God!"Revelation 19:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But when one of those who reclined heard these (words), he said to him, Blessed he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of Aloha!

Murdock Translation
And when one of those reclining heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God.

English Revised Version
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

World English Bible
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the kingdom of God!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And one of them that sat at table with him, hearing these things, said to him, Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne oon of hem that saten togider at the mete hadde herd these thingis, he seide to hym, Blessid is he, that schal ete breed in the rewme of God.

Update Bible Version
And when one of those that sat to eat with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when one of them that sat at table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

New English Translation
When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!"

New King James Version
Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread [fn] in the kingdom of God!"

New Living Translation
Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, "What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God!"

New Life Bible
When one of those eating at the table with Jesus heard this, he said, "Everyone is happy who will eat in the holy nation of God."

New Revised Standard
One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, "Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And one of those reclining together, hearing these things, said unto him - Happy, whoever shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!

Douay-Rheims Bible
When one of them that sat at table with him had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Revised Standard Version
When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When one of them that sate at meate also hearde that he sayde vnto him: happy is he that eateth breed in the kyngdome of God.

Young's Literal Translation
And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan one of them that sat by at the table herde this, he sayde vnto him: Blessed is he, that eateth bred in ye kyngdome of God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
One of the company hearing that, said to him, happy is he that shall be entertain'd in the kingdom of God.

THE MESSAGE
That triggered a response from one of the guests: "How fortunate the one who gets to eat dinner in God's kingdom!"

Simplified Cowboy Version
While listening to Jesus, a man hollered out, "It sure would be a blessing to attend a BBQ at the Big Boss's place!"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ When one of the guests sitting at the table heard this, he said to Jesus, "How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God!" ¹⁶ Jesus said to him, "There was once a man who was giving a great feast to which he invited many people. ¹⁷ When it was time for the feast, he sent his servant to tell his guests, ‘Come, everything is ready!' ¹⁸ But they all began, one after another, to make excuses. The first one told the servant, ‘I have bought a field and must go and look at it; please accept my apologies.' ¹⁹ Another one said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen and am on my way to try them out; please accept my apologies.' ²⁰ Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.' ²¹ The servant went back and told all this to his master. The master was furious and said to his servant, ‘Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' ²² Soon the servant said, ‘Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is room for more.' ²³ So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the country roads and lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full. ²⁴ I tell you all that none of those who were invited will taste my dinner!'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Blessed: Luke 12:37, Luke 13:29, Luke 22:30, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 25:10, John 6:27-59; Revelation 19:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:12 - eat bread 2 Samuel 9:10 - shall eat bread Matthew 22:3 - sent Luke 6:20 - for Luke 13:28 - the kingdom Luke 22:16 - until Romans 14:17 - kingdom Revelation 20:6 - Blessed

Cross-References

Genesis 14:2
went to war against five other kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (or Zoar).

Genesis 14:3
These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea.

Deuteronomy 15:2
This is how it is to be done. Each of you who has lent money to any Israelite is to cancel the debt; you must not try to collect the money; the Lord himself has declared the debt canceled.

1 Kings 15:18
So King Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the Temple and the palace, and sent it by some of his officials to Damascus, to King Benhadad of Syria, the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, with this message:

Psalms 112:5
Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.

Acts 9:2
and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would be able to arrest them, both men and women, and bring them back to Jerusalem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when one of them that sat at meat with him,.... One of the Scribes, lawyers, or Pharisees, that were guests at this feast:

heard these things: which were spoken by Christ, and was pleased and affected with them, though he was ignorant:

he said unto him, blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God; in the world to come, in the kingdom of the Messiah; concerning feasting in which, the Jews had entertained very gross notions; and which this man was reminded of by Christ's making mention of the resurrection of the just, and of recompense at that time, which the Jews expected at the Messiah's coming. They suppose, that God will make a splendid feast, a sumptuous entertainment; in which, besides "bread", which they call, לחמה של מלכות, "the bread of the kingdom", and "the bread of the world to come" m, there will be great variety of flesh, fish, and fowl, plenty of generous wine, and all sorts of delicious fruit: particularly they speak of a large ox, which they suppose to be the Behemoth in Job, that will then be prepared; and of Leviathan and his mate, which will then be dressed; and of a large fowl, called Ziz, of a monstrous size; and of old wine kept in the grape from the creation of the world, which will then be drank; and of the rich fruits of the garden of Eden, that will then be served up n: such gross and carnal notions have they entertained of the world to come; and which this man seemed to have imbibed, and placed happiness in.

m Midrash Ruth, fol. 33. 2. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 82. fol. 72. 4. n See my Notes on the Targum in Cant. viii. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God - The kingdom of God here means the kingdom which the Messiah was to set up. See the notes at Matthew 3:2. The Jews supposed that he would be a temporal prince, and that his reign would be one of great magnificence and splendor. They supposed that the “Jews” then would be delivered from all their oppressions, and that, from being a degraded people, they would become the most distinguished and happy nation of the earth. To that period they looked forward as one of great happiness. There is some reason to think that they supposed that the ancient just people would then be raised up to enjoy the blessings of the reign of the Messiah. Our Saviour having mentioned the “resurrection of the just,” this man understood it in the common way of the Jews, and spoke of the special happiness which they expected at that time. The Jews “only,” he expected, would partake of those blessings. Those notions the Saviour corrects in the parable which follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 14:15. That shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. — This is spoken in conformity to the general expectation of the Jews, who imagined that the kingdom of the Messiah should be wholly of a secular nature. Instead of αρτον, bread, EKMS-V, more than one hundred others, with some versions and fathers, read αριστον, a dinner. This is probably the best reading, as it is likely it was a dinner at which they now sat; and it would be natural for the person to say, Happy is he who shall dine in the kingdom of God. It does not appear that there was any but this person present, who was capable of relishing the conversation of our Lord, or entering at all into its spiritual reference.