"So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go…" — Luke 14:21

Luke 14:21 · KJV

“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.”

— Luke 14:21

Verse 20

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Verse 22

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

Luke 14 — Context

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

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.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel {them} to come in, that my house may be filled.

Cross References

Luke 14:13

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

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Luke 14:24

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

John 9:39

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Matthew 22:7-8

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

Isaiah 35:6

Then shall the lame {man} leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Matthew 21:28-31

But what think ye? A {certain} man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.