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 thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Matt 11:5The 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 14:24For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
• Matt 22:7–8But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• John 9:39And 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.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, 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?
• Matt 21:28–31But 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.
• Ps 113:7–8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• Isa 35:6Then 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.
• Heb 2:3How 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;
• 1 Sam 2:8He 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’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Rev 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
• John 4:39–42And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
• Rev 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Rev 15:1–8And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
• John 7:47–49Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
• Acts 8:4–7Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
• Prov 1:20–25Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
• Isa 33:23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
• Heb 13:17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
• Matt 11:28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Heb 12:25–26See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Matt 15:12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
• Jer 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
• 1 Sam 25:12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
• Zech 11:11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• Prov 9:3–4She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
• Luke 7:22–23Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
• Matt 18:31So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
• Zech 11:7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
• Prov 8:2–4She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
• Luke 9:10And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
• Ps 38:7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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