Luke 14:21
And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.
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20And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
22And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.
Psalms 38:7\38:6\I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,
Isaiah 35:6Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.
Zechariah 11:7So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of 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 →