Luke 14:21
And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and
A Conservative Version
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In Context
20And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
22And the bondman said, Lord, as thou commanded it has happened, and yet there is room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
Psalms 38:7For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.
Zechariah 11:7So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took to me two staves, the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands, and I fed the flock.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:16-25
The Generous Invitations; The Neglected Feast. 15 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. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see… Read the whole commentary →