Luke 14:21 Meaning and Explanation
“So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.”
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Read Full Chapter →Hearing the excuses, the angered host sends his servant into the streets of the city to bring in the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.
What Does Luke 14:21 Mean?
The servant reports, and the master's anger is the grief of spurned generosity. But the anger does not cancel the feast; it widens the door. Go out quickly, he says, into the streets and lanes — and the guest list he dictates is the very one Jesus gave his own host moments before (v. 13): the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind.
God's answer to refusal is not a smaller table but a wider invitation. The seats left empty by the self-sufficient are filled by those who never dreamed they would be asked. The feast loses nothing when the proud decline it; grace simply goes further down the street. Heaven's hall will not stand empty for anyone's excuses.
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What does Luke 14:21 mean?
Hearing the excuses, the angered host sends his servant into the streets of the city to bring in the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.