Luke 14:21

The angry master sends his servant to bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame from the city. When the privileged refuse, God welcomes the needy and outcast.

Cross-references · 35

• Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Matt 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Luke 14:24For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
• Matt 22:7–8The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
• John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Matt 21:28–31But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
• Ps 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
• Isa 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
• Heb 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• 1 Sam 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
• Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
• John 4:39–42Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
• Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
• Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
• Rev 15:1–8Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
• John 7:47–49“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
• Acts 8:4–7Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
• Prov 1:20–25Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
• Isa 33:23Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
• Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Matt 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Heb 12:25–26See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• Matt 15:12Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
• Jer 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
• 1 Sam 25:12So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
• Zech 11:11It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• Prov 9:3–4She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
• Luke 7:22–23So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Matt 18:31When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
• Zech 11:7So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
• Prov 8:2–4On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
• Luke 9:10Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.
• Ps 38:7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

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