Luke 14:13

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

In Context

12And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

14And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:11Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

Deuteronomy 26:12When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

2 Chronicles 30:24For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy.

Nehemiah 8:12And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

Job 29:15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Proverbs 3:9Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

Matthew Henry on Luke 14:8-15

Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may… Read the whole commentary →

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