Luke 14:13

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, as they may also invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the just.”

Read all of Luke 14

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:11You will rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your city gates, and the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that Yahweh your God will choose for his sanctuary.

Deuteronomy 26:12When you have finished giving all the tithe of your harvest in the third year, that is, the year of tithing, then you must give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your city gates and be filled.

2 Chronicles 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep as an offering; and the leaders gave to the assembly one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A large number of priests consecrated themselves.

Nehemiah 8:12Then all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to share food and to celebrate with great joy because they had understood the words that were made known to them.

Job 29:15I was eyes to blind people; 1 I was feet to lame people. 1

Proverbs 3:9Honor Yahweh with your wealth 1 and with the firstfruits of all your produce, 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 14:13