Luke 14:21
And the 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 hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
22And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:12So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
Psalms 38:7For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
Proverbs 9:3She hath sent forth her maidens, she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Zechariah 11:7So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; 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 →