Luke 14:21

The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The master of the house speaks to his servant after the invited guests refuse the banquet, issuing a second command to expand the guest list.

The words — ἀπήγγειλεν (apēngeilen) means “reported” or “announced,” marking the servant’s completion of the initial summons.

The thread — This command to gather the marginalized echoes Luke 14:13’s earlier instruction to invite the poor and crippled, while the master’s anger parallels the king’s wrath in Matthew 22:7.

Why it lands — It demands the reader recognize that divine invitation extends beyond the comfortable and privileged to those society excludes, requiring immediate obedience to the second summons.

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The Greek words

καὶkaiAnd παραγενόμενοςparagenomenoshaving come ὁhothe δοῦλοςdoulosservant ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthat ἀπήγγειλενapēngeilenreported τῷtōto the κυρίῳkuriōmaster αὐτοῦautouof him ταῦτα.¶tautathese things.ΤότεToteThen ὀργισθεὶςorgistheishaving become angry ὁhothe οἰκοδεσπότηςoikodespotēsmaster of the house εἶπενeipensaid τῷtōto the δούλῳdoulōservant αὐτοῦ·autouof him;ἔξελθεexelthedo go out ταχέωςtacheōssoon εἰςeisinto τὰςtasthe πλατείαςplateiasstreets καὶkaiand ῥύμαςrhumaslanes τῆςtēsof the πόλεως,poleōscity,καὶkaiand τοὺςtousthe πτωχοὺςptōchouspoor καὶkaiand ἀναπείρουςanapeirouscrippled καὶkaiand τυφλοὺςtuphlousblind καὶkaiand χωλοὺςchōlouslame εἰσάγαγεeisagagedo bring in ὧδε.hōdehere.

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Luke 14:13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Matthew 22:7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
Luke 14:24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
John 9:39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Psalms 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Matthew 21:28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’