Luke 14:21
The servant returned and told his master what they'd said. The home-owner became angry and told his servant, ‘Quickly, go out into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
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20‘I've just got married, so I can't come.’
22Then the servant said, ‘Master, I did what you told me, but there are still empty places.’
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David's men turned around and went back the way they came. When they got back they told David everything Nabal had said.
Psalms 38:7Inside I'm burning up with fever; no part of my body is healthy.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the streets; she shouts aloud in the squares.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her servant girls with invitations. She calls out from the highest places of the town,
Isaiah 35:6The lame will jump like a deer, and the dumb will sing for joy. Springs will gush in the wilderness; streams will flow in the desert.
Zechariah 11:7So I became a shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter by the sheep merchants. Then I took two staffs, one named Grace, the other named Union, and I shepherded 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 →