Luke 14:21

And the servant turned again (or And the servant returned), and told these things to his lord. Then the husbandman was wroth, and said to his servant, Go out swiftly into the great streets and the small streets of the city, and bring in hither poor men, and feeble, [and] blind men, and crooked (or and the lame).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

So that servant came, and shewed 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 the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

In Context

20And another said, I have wedded a wife; and therefore I may not come.

22And the servant said, Lord, it is done, as thou hast commanded, and yet there is a void place (or and there still be empty places).

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:12Therefore the young men of David went again by their way; and they turned again, and came, and told to him all (the) words which Nabal had said.

Psalms 38:7For my loins be filled with scornings; and health is not in my flesh. (For my loins be filled with sickness; and there is no health in my flesh.)

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom preacheth withoutforth; in streets it giveth his voice. (Wisdom preacheth outside; yea, it raiseth up its voice in the streets.)

Proverbs 9:3He sent his handmaids (or He sent forth his servantesses), that they should call to the tower; and to the walls of the city.

Isaiah 35:6Then a crooked man shall skip as an hart, and the tongue of dumb men shall be opened, (or Then the lame shall skip like a hart, and the tongues of the dumb shall be loosened, or shall be freed); for why waters be broken out in (the) desert, and streams in (the) wilderness.

Zechariah 11:7and I shall feed the beast of slaying. For this thing, ye poor men of the flock, hear, (or and I shall feed the beasts for slaughter. And so for this, ye poor of the flock, listen). And I took to me two staffs; one I called Fairness, ( or Favour), and the tother I called Little Cord; 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 →

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