Luke 14:23
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.
22 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.
24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- ASV
- And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
- DARBY
- And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
- BLB
- And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the roads and hedges and compel [them] to enter, so that my house may be filled.
- ÅB
- Da sa herren til tjeneren: Gå ut på veiene og ved gjerdene og nød dem til å komme inn, for at mitt hus kan bli fullt!
- OTB
- Da instruerte herren sin tjener: 'Gå ut til veiene og landeveiene og oppfordre dem til å komme inn, så huset mitt blir fullt.
- B1930
- Da sa herren til tjeneren: Gå ut på veiene og ved gjerdene og nød dem til å komme inn, forat mitt hus kan bli fullt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 22:9–10
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Read in contextColossians 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:11
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
Read in contextActs 13:47–48
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Read in contextMatthew 28:19–20
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Read in contextActs 28:28
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
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