Luke 14:13 Meaning and Explanation
“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:”
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Read Full Chapter →Instead, Jesus says, when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.
What Does Luke 14:13 Mean?
Jesus gives the host a new guest list: four groups who lived at the edges of that society and could never return the favor. The same four reappear in the parable he is about to tell (v. 21), where they are the very guests God's servant gathers into the great supper.
A table becomes a place of grace precisely when its guests cannot pay. This is how God hosts: he spreads a feast for those with nothing to bring, and he calls his people to entertain the way he does. Whoever welcomes those who can give nothing back has begun to give the way God gives.
Luke 14:13 in the Original Language
doche (δοχή), 'feast' -- a reception or banquet, from the verb meaning to receive and welcome.
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What does Luke 14:13 mean?
Instead, Jesus says, when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.