Luke 14:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 o...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ( Mar...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 la...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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)....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

On entertaining the poor (peculiar to Lk, whose Gospel is full of sympathy with the poor).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ch...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 enun...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 r...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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.
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 s...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, wh...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they have no means with which to recom...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:7 . Put forth a parable .—The miracle was wrought, evidently, before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 pa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Advice to the host:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Deuterono...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

Related Commentaries of Luke 14:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 14:13