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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 14:13-14

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee. Great pagan moralists, sick at heart at these dreary, selfish society conventionalities, have condemned this system of entertaining those who would be likely to make an equivalent return for the interested hospitality. So Martial, writing of such an incident, says, 'You are asking for gifts, Sextus, not for friends." Nehemiah gives a somewhat similar... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:13

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. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 14:14

Shalt be blessed - Blessed in the “act” of doing good, which furnishes more “happiness” than riches can give, and blessed or rewarded “by God” in the day of judgment.They cannot recompense thee - They cannot invite you again, and thus pay you; and by inviting “them” you show that you have a “disposition” to do good.The resurrection of the just - When the just or holy shall be raised from the dead. Then “God” shall reward those who have done good to the poor and needy from love to the Lord Jesus... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:12-14

Luke 14:12-14. 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 sort of people he should bid to his feasts. When thou makest a dinner, &c., call not thy friends That is, I do not bid thee call thy friends, or thy rich neighbours. Our Lord leaves these offices of courtesy and humanity as they were, and teaches a higher duty. Or, “by no means confine thy hospitality to thy rich relations,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-24

100. In the house of a Pharisee (Luke 14:1-24)When Jesus visited the house of a prominent Pharisee on the Sabbath day, his critics were waiting to see if he would heal a sick man who was there. When Jesus asked them if healing on the Sabbath was lawful, they refused to answer. Jesus again pointed out the hypocrisy of those who would care for animals on the Sabbath but not for people (Luke 14:1-6).As mealtime approached, Jesus noticed some guests choosing the places of honour at the table. He... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:13

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 ( App-6 ), not emphasizing the particular classes, but hastening us on to the climax in Luke 14:14 . Note the opposite Figure in Luke 14:21 . maimed = crippled. Only here, and Luke 14:21 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 14:14

And thou shalt be blessed . This is the climax. blessed = happy, Figure of speech Beatitudo, not Benedictio. cannot = have not [wherewith to]. App-105 . at = in. Greek. en. App-104 . resurrection. App-178 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 14:13

But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.Boles' comment on this is: "It is far better to give to relieve the distressed than to set a feast to those who do not need it."[21] A man is not in the true sense hospitable who entertains only those who can entertain him. "Such interested hospitality is not wrong, but it does not lay up treasure in heaven."[22]With this word to the host, Jesus pinpointed the third of three distortions, or reverse ethics, which marked... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 14:14

And thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.This verse clearly shows that Jesus had in mind the instruction of his audience in how to lay up treasures in heaven.The resurrection of the just ... Despite the fact that Harrison believed this verse supports the idea of a double resurrection, one of the righteous and one of the wicked, separated by an interval of time,"[23] there is no agreement with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:13

Luke 14:13. 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 have rendered helpless. See a fine parallel passage in Pliny's Epistles, lib. 9: epist. read more

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