Alleys Angry Blind Bring Crippled Lame Lanes Master Ordered Owner Poor Quickly Reported Servant Streets Town
14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the {c} streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
(c) Wide and broad areas.
14:21 Go out quickly. To another class of persons. The first, who despised the invitation, are now rejected. The Jews are primarily meant.
The poor, etc. An abundant class in the East, a country destitute of alms-houses and hospitals. These probably represent the publicans and sinners.
14:21 The servant came and showed his lord these things - So ministers ought to lay before the Lord in prayer the obedience or disobedience of their hearers.
14:15-24 In this parable observe the free grace and mercy of God shining in the gospel of Christ, which will be food and a feast for the soul of a man that knows its own wants and miseries. All found some pretence to put off their attendance. This reproves the Jewish nation for their neglect of the offers of Christ's grace. It shows also the backwardness there is to close with the gospel call. The want of gratitude in those who slight gospel offers, and the contempt put upon the God of heaven thereby, justly provoke him. The apostles were to turn to the Gentiles, when the Jews refused the offer; and with them the church was filled. The provision made for precious souls in the gospel of Christ, has not been made in vain; for if some reject, others will thankfully accept the offer. The very poor and low in the world, shall be as welcome to Christ as the rich and great; and many times the gospel has the greatest success among those that labour under worldly disadvantages and bodily infirmities. Christ's house shall at last be filled; it will be so when the number of the elect is completed.
Anger Angry Answers Blind City Crippled Fetch Halt Head Hither House Household Lanes Maimed Master Narrow Ones Poor Quickly Reported Servant Shewed Showed Slave Stirred Streets Wide
Anger Angry Answers Blind City Crippled Fetch Halt Head Hither House Household Lanes Maimed Master Narrow Ones Poor Quickly Reported Servant Shewed Showed Slave Stirred Streets Wide
