Luke 14:23
“And the Lord said vnto the seruant, Goe out into the high wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled.”
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Luke 14:23 Context
21So that seruant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, sayde to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde. 22And the seruant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roume. 23And the Lord said vnto the seruant, Goe out into the high wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper. 25¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and hee turned, and said vnto them,
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Other Translations for Luke 14:23
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.
- King James Version
"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel {them} to come in, so that my house may be filled.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.
- Basic English Bible
And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
- Darby Bible
And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Webster's Bible
`Go out,' replied the master, `to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
- Weymouth Bible
The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- World English Bible
And the lord seide to the seruaunt, Go out in to weies and heggis, and constreine men to entre, that myn hous be fulfillid.
- Wycliffe Bible
`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 14:23
14:23 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.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 14:23
Lu 14:23 Go out into the highways and hedges. Far away--to the Gentiles. Compel [them] to come in. Use the constraining power of the love of the gospel.