“ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: ”
The poor - Those who are destitute of comfortable food. The maimed - Those who are deprived of any member of their body, as an arm or a leg or who have not the use of them so that they can la...
A Sabbath with a Pharisee. A companion picture to Luke 13:10-17 . When in Luke 6:6-11 Lk. relates the cure of the man with a withered hand ( Mark 3:1-6 ; Matthew 12:9-13 ) he omits the illustra...
feast, or reception . Occurs only here and in Luke 5:29 . call. Same word as bid, Luke 14:7 . the poor. Note the Figure of speech Asyndeton (App-6), not emphasizing the particular classes,...
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
The maimed,— 'Αναπηρους, the disabled; the word takes in both the lame and the blind; and may also include those whom the infirmities of age have rendered helpless. See a fine parallel passag...
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. Compare this with the classes God h...
The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk).
When thou makest a feast. — Literally, as in Luke 5:29 , a reception. In practice, it need hardly be said, the form of obedience to the precept must, of necessity, vary with the varying phases o...
Lessons for Guests and Hosts Luke 14:7-14 The word rooms should be seats, r.v. We must, of course, guard against a false humility, which chooses a low seat in the hope of being invited forw...
Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. Fir...
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...
But when thou makest a feast ,.... An entertainment for others, a dinner, or a supper: call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind ; that is, the poor maimed, the poor lame, and the poor bl...
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Ver. 13. Call the poor ] Christ prefers charity before courtesy.
Then said he also to him that bade him In the time of dinner, Jesus directed his discourse to the person who had invited him, and showed him what sort of people he should bid to his feasts. When t...
EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees invited the Lord...
Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; s...
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The Great Supper Will Be Attended By Unexpected Guests Because Those First Invited Have Made Excuses In Order To Avoid Attending (14:12-24). In the previous parable Jesus had hinted at the danger...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:7 . Put forth a parable .—The miracle was wrought, evidently, before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests, and from the allusion in Luke 14:12 to friends...
Luke 14:12-14 Christ's Counsel to His Host. Are ordinary dinner-parties wrong, then, in the eye of Christ, our Law-giver? Does He really condemn the custom of having our friends and social equals...
Luke 14:7 . And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; This parable was by far the best part of the entertainment of the day: Luk...
Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of me...
Call the poor The Church’s duty to the poor A recent advertisement on our city walls struck me as singularly suggestive; it contained the words, “God and the poor. ” Such a conjunction of word...
EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief...
Advice to the host:
1 Timothy 3:2 ; 1 Timothy 5:10 ; 2 Chronicles 30:24 ; 2 Samuel 6:19 ; Acts 2:44 ; Acts 2:45 ; Acts 4:34 ; Acts 4:35 ; Acts 9:39 ; Deuteronomy 14:29 ; Deuteronomy 16:11 ; Deuteronomy 16:14...
Humility and Exaltation Luke 14:7-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Lord Jesus had a right to teach humility. Christ Jesus was very God of very God, dwelling in light unapproachable, and yet He hum...