and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.
Luke 14:13 - English Standard Version 2016 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when you give a banquet or a reception, invite the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind. American Standard Version (1901) But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Common English Bible Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, crippled, lame, and blind. Catholic Public Domain Version But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind; |
and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.
For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for offerings, and the princes gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests consecrated themselves in great numbers.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.