Luke 14:21
The servant came and told his master these things. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
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20Then another man said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
22The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and yet there is still room.'
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David's young men turned away and came back, and told him everything that was said.
Psalms 38:7For within me, I am filled with burning; 1 there is no health in my flesh. 1
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in the street, 1 she raises her voice in the open places; 1
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maids; she calls out 1 from the highest points of the city, 1
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute tongue will sing, 1 for water breaks out in the Arabah, and streams in the wilderness. 1
Zechariah 11:7So I became the shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called “Favor” and the other I called “Unity.” In this way 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 →