“And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the main streets and side roads of the city, and bring in here the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' ”

So the servant returns to his lord and informs him of what all the invitees have said, and the excuses that they have made. Then the master of the house was furious, and he commanded the servant to go throughout the city, and bring in ‘the poor and maimed and blind and lame'. He will hold his feast, which is already prepared, and he will make sure that he has guests. For these will be pleased to come to his supper.

‘The poor and maimed and blind and lame.' These are the very ones for whom God's salvation is promised and were the ones who had been flocking to Jesus (Luke 4:18; Luke 7:22; Isaiah 35:5). They are as described in Luke 14:13.

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