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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 14:12-14

Many things are delivered in Scripture in the form of an absolute and universal prohibition, which must not be so understood, amongst which this is one instance. None must think that our Saviour doth here absolutely or universally forbid our invitations of our brethren, or kinsmen, or rich neighbours, or friends, to dinners or suppers with us; there was nothing more ordinarily practised amongst the Jews; Christ himself was at divers meals: but Christ by this teacheth us, 1. That this is no act... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 14:7-14

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 14:7. Put forth a parable.—The miracle was wrought, evidently, before the feast began. From the emulation among the guests, and from the allusion in Luke 14:12 to friends and rich neighbours, this seems to have been a formal and luxurious entertainment. The word “parable” is used in a wide sense; the words are to be taken literally, but suggest a great moral lesson (Luke 14:11). Chief rooms.—Rather, “chief seats” (R.V.); the middle places on the triclinium were counted the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 14:12-14

Luke 14:12-14 Christ's Counsel to His Host. Are ordinary dinner-parties wrong, then, in the eye of Christ, our Law-giver? Does He really condemn the custom of having our friends and social equals to dine with us, and really demand that we entertain instead, if we entertain at all, only those who are conventionally below us only the poor and destitute, the most melancholy objects, the most miserable creatures we can find? I. With respect to the passage before us, the veiled message, the enfolded... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 14:12-14

DISCOURSE: 1539LIBERALITY TO THE POOR RECOMMENDEDLuke 14:12-14. Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. 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: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.IT is a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 14:1-35

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 14.The fourteenth chapter involves an invitation for Jesus to come to a supper on the Sabbath day and of the things that transpired at that supper, and the subsequent exchange between Jesus and the people as Jesus talked to them concerning etiquette and concerning the demands of the kingdom.So it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 14:1-35

Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of men. Yet he condescended to assign reasons, for we should use great forbearance with misguided men On another occasion he said, My Father works, in the shining of the sun, and I work. Ye also circumcise a son on the sabbath; and if it be lawful for you to wound, why not for me to heal? You help a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 14:12-14

Luke 14:12-14Call the poorThe Church’s duty to the poorA recent advertisement on our city walls struck me as singularly suggestive; it contained the words, “God and the poor.” Such a conjunction of words is most remarkable: the highest and the lowest, He who owns all things, and they who own nothing: it is a conjunction of extremes, and though it looked very extraordinary on a placard, yet if you examine the Old and New Testaments the idea will be discovered almost more frequently than any... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 14:12

12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. Ver. 12. Nor thy rich neighbour ] Laudent te esurientium viscera, non ructantium opulenta convivia, saith Jerome. Bishop Hooper had his board of beggars, who were daily served by four at a mess, with wholesome meats, before himself sat down to dinner. (Acts and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 14:13

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Ver. 13. Call the poor ] Christ prefers charity before courtesy. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 14:12

when: Luke 1:53, Proverbs 14:20, Proverbs 22:16, James 2:1-Joshua : and a: Luke 6:32-Zephaniah :, Zechariah 7:5-Judges :, Matthew 5:46, Matthew 6:1-Numbers :, Matthew 6:16-Job : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 14:29 - the stranger Ruth 2:12 - recompense Ruth 2:14 - At mealtime 1 Samuel 25:8 - a good day 1 Samuel 25:36 - a feast Psalms 112:9 - righteousness Matthew 5:42 - General Matthew 6:5 - Verily Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 6:34 - General Luke 11:41 - rather John 12:2 - they made Acts 20:35 -... read more