Luke 14:13

Modern English Version

But when you prepare a banquet, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:19

He distributed to all of the people, the entire multitude of Israel, both men and women, one bread cake, one date cake, and one raisin cake to each one. Then all of the people left, each to his house.

2 Chronicles 30:24

For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. And the officials offered up for the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. And a multitude of priests consecrated themselves.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Nehemiah 8:12

Then all the people went to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to enjoy a great celebration because they had understood the words declared to them.

Job 29:13

The blessing of the perishing man came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Isaiah 58:10

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall rise in obscurity, and your darkness shall become as the noonday.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the poor who are outcasts into your house? When you see the naked, to cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Matthew 15:30

Great crowds came to Him, having with them those who were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and placed them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them,

Matthew 22:10

So those servants went out into the streets and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Luke 11:41

But give alms from what is within, and behold, all things are clean to you.

Luke 14:12

Then He said also to the one who invited Him, “When you prepare a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

Luke 14:14

and you will be blessed, for they cannot repay you. You shall be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Luke 14:21

“The servant came and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

Acts 9:39

Peter rose up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place where the Lord your God has chosen to place His name.

Deuteronomy 16:14

and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;

1 Timothy 5:10

is well attested in good works, if she has brought up children, has lodged strangers, has washed the saints’ feet, has relieved the afflicted, and has diligently followed every good work.

Titus 1:8

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, self-controlled, just, holy, temperate,

Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and encouragement on account of your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed through you, brother.

Hebrews 13:2

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unknowingly.