Luke 14
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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
And they could not answer him again to these things.
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

When. That there were among the Jews of these times many disputes about seats at banquets, we learn both from Josephus and the Rabbis; nor were these matters unattended to by the Greeks and Romans. Similar admonitions to this of our Lord, also occur in the Rabbinical writers. Rabbi Akiba said, Go two or three seats lower than the place that belongs to thee, and sit there till they say unto to thee, Go up higher; but do not take the uppermost seat, lest they say unto thee, Come down: for it is better they should say unto thee, Go up, go up than they should say, Go down, go down.

Proverbs 25:6,7 Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not …

And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

call.

Luke 14:21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the …

Luke 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and, behold, all …

Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) …

Deuteronomy 16:11,14 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, …

Deuteronomy 26:12,13 When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase …

2 Samuel 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude …

2 Chronicles 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand …

Nehemiah 8:10,12 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, …

Job 29:13,15,16 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused …

Job 31:16-20 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the …

Proverbs 3:9,10 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of …

Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors …

Proverbs 31:6,7 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those …

Isaiah 58:7,10 Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the …

Matthew 14:14-21 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with …

Matthew 15:32-39 Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion …

Matthew 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together …

Acts 2:44,45 And all that believed were together, and had all things common…

Acts 4:34,35 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were …

Acts 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought …

Romans 12:13-16 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality…

1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, …

1 Timothy 5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, …

Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Philemon 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the bowels …

Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained …

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

all.

Luke 20:4,5 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men…

Isaiah 28:12,13 To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary …

Isaiah 29:11,12 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that …

Jeremiah 5:4,5 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they …

Jeremiah 6:10,16,17 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, …

Matthew 22:5,6 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, …

John 1:11 He came to his own, and his own received him not.

John 5:40 And you will not come to me, that you might have life.

Acts 13:45,46 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, …

Acts 18:5,6 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed …

Acts 28:25-27 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that …

I have.

Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have …

Luke 17:26-31 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days …

Luke 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly …

Matthew 24:38,39 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and …

1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and …

2 Timothy 4:4,10 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be …

Hebrews 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for …

1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If …

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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.

Luke 9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they …

1 Samuel 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and …

Matthew 15:12 Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees …

Matthew 18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, …

Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for …

being.

Luke 14:24 For I say to you, That none of those men which were bidden shall …

Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when …

Matthew 22:7,8 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth …

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the …

Hebrews 12:25,26 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not …

Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels …

Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite …

Go.

Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his …

Proverbs 1:20-25 Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets…

Proverbs 8:2-4 She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths…

Proverbs 9:3-4 She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city…

Jeremiah 5:1 Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, …

Zechariah 11:7,11 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. …

Matthew 21:28-31 But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the …

John 4:39-42 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying …

John 7:47-49 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are you also deceived…

John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they …

Acts 8:4-7 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word…

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, …

the poor.

Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Luke 7:22,23 Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what …

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from …

Psalm 113:7,8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of …

Matthew 11:5,28 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are …

the halt.

Psalm 38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no …

Isaiah 33:23 Your tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, …

Isaiah 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb …

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Go.

Psalm 98:3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: …

Isaiah 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand …

Isaiah 19:24,25 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, …

Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown…

Isaiah 49:5,6 And now, said the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, …

Isaiah 66:19,20 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape …

Zechariah 14:8,9 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from …

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same …

Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, …

Matthew 22:9,10 Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, …

Matthew 28:19,20 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name …

Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel …

Acts 10:44-48 While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them …

Acts 11:18-21 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified …

Acts 13:47,48 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a …

Acts 18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, …

Acts 22:21,22 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles…

Acts 26:18-20 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and …

Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to …

Romans 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, their sound went into …

Romans 15:9-12 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, …

Ephesians 2:11-22 Why remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh…

Colossians 1:23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved …

compel.

Luke 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward …

Genesis 19:2,3 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your …

Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties …

Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she sought us, saying, …

Romans 11:13,14 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the …

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant …

2 Corinthians 5:11,20 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we …

2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you …

Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all …

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, …

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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