# Luke 13.31

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.</span>**
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> 32. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.</span> (Luke 13:29-33, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”</span>**
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> 32. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’</span> (Luke 13:29-33, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.</span>**
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> 32. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.</span> (Luke 13:29-33, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, 'Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'</span>**
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> 32. and he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.</span> (Luke 13:29-33, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.


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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Mark 7.31 Sidon Route Objection Defeater](/codex/mark-7-31-sidon-route-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 13](/codex/luke-13/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.