Luke 14:13

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

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And he said to him who had called him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, thou shouldest not call thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also call thee, and thou have this recompence.

14and thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee; for thy recompence shall be in the resurrection of the just.

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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 →

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