Luke 14:21
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.
KJV
καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ δοῦλος ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα. τότε ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης εἶπεν τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ· ἔξελθε ταχέως εἰς τὰς πλατείας καὶ ῥύμας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἀναπήρους καὶ τυφλοὺς καὶ χωλοὺς εἰσάγαγε ὧδε.
Greek NT
Et reversus servus nuntiavit hæc domino suo. Tunc iratus paterfamilias, dixit servo suo : Exi cito in plateas et vicos civitatis : et pauperes, ac debiles, et cæcos, et claudos introduc huc.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. 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 feeble and the blind and the lame.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δοῦλος — SBLGNT
- δοῦλος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐκεῖνος — Robinson-Pierpont
- τυφλοὺς καὶ χωλοὺς — SBLGNT
- τυφλοὺς καὶ χωλοὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Let no man deceive himself; if any man thinks that he is wise in this world, let him become a fool. As he bids one become, as it were, dead unto the world — and this deadness harms not at all, but rather profits, being made a cause of life:— so also he bids him become foolish unto this world, introducing to us hereby the true wisdom. Now he becomes a fool unto the world, who…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
- Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Isa 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.
- Jas 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?
- 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.
- Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Luke 14:13 — But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Luke 14:24 — For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
- Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
- Matt 15:31 — Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matt 21:28 — 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.
- Matt 22:7 — But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Matt 22:9 — Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;