Luke 14:13
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke 14:13 in other translations
| BSB | But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, |
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| WEB | But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; |
| ASV | But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: |
| YLT | but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, |
| DARBY | But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind: |
| BBE | But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body: |
| Webster | But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: |
What does Luke 14:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 14:12-14
12-14. call not thy friends--Jesus certainly did not mean us to dispense with the duties of ordinary fellowship, but, remitting these to their proper place, inculcates what is better [Bengel]. lest ... a recompense be given thee--a fear the world is not afflicted with [Bengel]. The meaning, however, is that no exercise of principle is involved in it, as selfishness itself will suffice to prompt to it (Mt 5:46, 47).
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 14:7-14
Even in the common actions of life, Christ marks what we do, not only in our religious assemblies, but at our tables. We see in many cases, that a man's pride will bring him low, and before honour is humility. Our Saviour here teaches, that works of charity are better than works of show. But our Lord did not mean that a proud and unbelieving liberality should be rewarded, but that his precept of doing good to the…
Luke 14:13 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 14:13
- 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.
- Isaiah 58:10
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
- Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- Job 29:15-16
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
- Job 31:16-20
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; …
- Matthew 14:14-21
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. …
- Matthew 22:10
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- Deuteronomy 16:14
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
- Proverbs 3:9-10
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21; 11:41; De 14:29; 16:11,14; 26:12,13; 2Sa 6:19; 2Ch 30:24
Ne 8:10,12; Job 29:13,15,16; 31:16-20; Pr 3:9,10; 14:31; 31:6,7
Isa 58:7,10; Mt 14:14-21; 15:32-39; 22:10; Ac 2:44,45; 4:34,35; 9:39
Ro 12:13-16; 1Ti 3:2; 5:10; Tit 1:8; Phm 1:7; Heb 13:2
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Context
- Luke 14:12
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
- Luke 14:13
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
- Luke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas cuando haces banquete, llama á los pobres, los mancos, los cojos, los ciegos; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais quand tu fais un festin, convie les pauvres, les estropiés, les boiteux, les aveugles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sondern wenn du ein Mahl machst, so lade Arme, Krüppel, Lahme, Blinde, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed cum facis convivium, voca pauperes, debiles, claudos, et cæcos: |