Luke 14:22

Then the servant said, ‘Master, I did what you told me, but there are still empty places.’

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In The King James Version

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

In Context

21The 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.’

23So the master told the servant, ‘Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.

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Cross References

Psalms 130:7Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for the Lord loves us with a trustworthy love and his salvation knows no limits.

Acts 1:1Dear Theophilus, in my previous book I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

Colossians 2:9For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form,

1 John 2:2Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world.

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 →

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