Luke 14:21
And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.
22And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12And David's young men turned their way, and went back, and came and reported to him according to all those words.
Psalms 38:7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Proverbs 9:3she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
Isaiah 35:6then shall the lame [man] leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.
Zechariah 11:7So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto 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 →