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Selected Verse: Luke 14:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 14:13 |
Strong Concordance |
But [235] when [3752] thou makest [4160] a feast [1403], call [2564] the poor [4434], the maimed [376], the lame [5560], the blind [5185]: |
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King James |
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| call the poor--"Such God Himself calls" (Luk 14:21) [BENGEL]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 labor for their own support. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Feast (δοχήν)
Or reception. Used by Luke only. See on Luk 5:29. |
21 So [2532] that [1565] servant [1401] came [3854], and shewed [518] his [846] lord [2962] these things [5023]. Then [5119] the master of the house [3617] being angry [3710] said [2036] to his [846] servant [1401], Go out [1831] quickly [5030] into [1519] the streets [4113] and [2532] lanes [4505] of the city [4172], and [2532] bring in [1521] hither [5602] the poor [4434], and [2532] the maimed [376], and [2532] the halt [5560], and [2532] the blind [5185].
29 And [2532] Levi [3018] made [4160] him [846] a great [3173] feast [1403] in [1722] his own [846] house [3614]: and [2532] there was [2258] a great [4183] company [3793] of publicans [5057] and [2532] of others [243] that [3739] sat down [2258] [2621] with [3326] them [846].