Luke 14:13

But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

14and you will be blessed, because they do not have anything to repay you; for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just.” 1 The Parable of the Great Supper

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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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