Luke 14:23 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:23

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Or, He sends to the highways and about the hedges, because they are fit for the kingdom of God, who, not absorbed in the desire for present goods, are hastening on to the future, set in a certain fixed path of good will. And who like a hedge which separates the cultivated ground from the uncultivated, and keeps off the incursion of the cattle, know how to distinguish good and evil, and to hold up the shield of faith against the temptations of spiritual wickedness.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Because then the proud refuse to come, the poor (Greg. Hom. 36.) are chosen, since they are called weak and poor who are weak in their own judgment of themselves, for there are poor, and yet as it were strong, who though lying in poverty are proud; the blind are they who have no brightness of understanding; the lame are they who have walked not uprightly in their works.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Bunyan

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666)

These words, but especially those, And yet there is room, were sweet words to me; for truly I thought that by them I saw there was place enough in heaven for me.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Compel them to come in - With all the violence of love, and the force of God's word. Such compulsion, and such only, in matters of religion, was used by Christ and his apostles.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Go out into the highways - Since enough had not been found in the lanes and streets, he commands the servant to go into the roads - the public highways out of the city, as well as to the streets “in” it - and invite them also. Hedges - A hedge is the inclosure around a field or vineyard.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The verses before us contain one of our Lord's most instructive parables. It was spoken in consequence of a remark made by one who was sitting at table with Him in a Pharisee's house. "Blessed," said this man, "is he who shall eat the feast in the kingdom of God." We are left to conjecture as to the object of this remark. It is likely that he who made it was one of that class of people who wish to go to Heaven, and like to hear good things talked of, but never get any further.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	master	G2962 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
δοῦλον·	doulon	servant;	G1401 →
ἔξελθε	exelthe	do go out	G1831 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
ὁδοὺς	hodous	highways	G3598 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φραγμοὺς	phragmous	hedges	G5418 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνάγκασον	anagkason	do compel [them]	G315 →
εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	to come in	G1525 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
γεμισθῇ	gemisthēa	may be filled	G1072 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
οἶκος.	oikos	house.	G3624 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:20
  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Ezekiel 18:31–32
  Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- John 20:21
  Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
Through
Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:27
  and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- Jeremiah 3:15
  Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
- Ephesians 4:11–13
  And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- Matthew 5:48
  Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke