Luke 24:29
Good News Translation
but they held him back, saying, "Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark." So he went in to stay with them.

New Revised Standard Version
But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them.

Contemporary English Version
They begged him, "Stay with us! It's already late, and the sun is going down." So Jesus went into the house to stay with them.

New American Bible
But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

Luke 14:23 And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Genesis 19:3 He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:

2 Kings 4:8 And there was a day when Eliseus passed by Sunam: now there was a great woman there, who detained him to eat bread: and as he passed often that way, he turned into her house to eat bread.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.

Context
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28And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. 29But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. 30And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them.…
Cross References
Luke 24:28
And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther.

Luke 24:30
And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them.

Luke 24:28
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