Luke 14:21
So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.
22And the seruaunt saide, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roome.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So Dauids seruants turned their way, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things.
Psalms 38:7For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Proverbs 9:3She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,
Isaiah 35:6Then shall ye lame man leape as an hart, and the dumme mans tongue shall sing: for in the wildernes shall waters breake out, and riuers in ye desert.
Zechariah 11:7For I fed the sheepe of slaughter, euen the poore of the flocke, and I tooke vnto me two staues: the one I called Beautie, and the other I called Bandes, and I fed the sheepe.
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 →