World English Bible
"Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace."
— Luke 14:32, World English Bible
“Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.”
“Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace. ”
“If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.”
“Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.”
“Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.”
“Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.”
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.
Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."