Luke 14:21

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Summary

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 shewed

Hebrews 13:17

Being

The poor

Matthew 11:5

The halt

Psalm 38:7

Isaiah 33:23

Isaiah 35:6

General references

Proverbs 8:3

Matthew 22:9

Bible References

And shewed

When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.

So David’s young men retraced their way and went back; and they came and told him according to all these words.

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Being

For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’”

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will

rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

The poor

But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

“He raises the poor from the dust,

He lifts the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor;

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

And He set the world on them.

He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

the blind receive 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.

The halt

For my loins are filled with burning,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

The lame will take the plunder.

Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah.

General references

Beside the gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’