Luke 14:22

Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’

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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

21On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’

23‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;

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Cross References

Psalms 130:7Israel, hope in the Lord: with the Lord there is love with him plenteous redemption.

Acts 1:1The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,

Colossians 2:9For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;

1 John 2:2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins 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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