Luke 14:21
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
22“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.
Psalms 38:7For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Zechariah 11:7So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed 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 →