Luke 14:21
And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come.
22And the seruaunt sayde: Lorde, it is done as thou hast commaunded, and yet there is rowme.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes:
Proverbs 9:3She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie,
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame men leape as an Hart, & the dumbe mans tongue shall geue thankes: for in the wildernesse there shall welles spryng, and fluddes of water in the desert.
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 →