Luke 14:21
And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
22And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.
Psalms 38:7I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end : I walked sorrowful all the day long.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Proverbs 9:3She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.
Zechariah 11:7And I will feed the hock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the dock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, 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 →