Luke 14:23 Parallel Translations

"Then the master told his servant, 'Go to the roads and paths! Urge the people to come to my house. I want it to be full.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

ASV:

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

BBE:

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

DBY:

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

ERV:

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

WEY:

"'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

WBS:

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

WEB:

"The lord said to the servant,'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

YLT:

'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

Luke 14:23 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 14:22 "And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

Luke 14:24 'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

14:23 Go out into the highways and hedges. Far away--to the Gentiles.
Compel [them] to come in. Use the constraining power of the love of the gospel.

WES:

14:23 Compel them to come in - With all the violence of love, and the force of God's word. Such compulsion, and such only, in matters of religion, was used by Christ and his apostles.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Along Bondman Compel Constrain Fences Fields Filled Forth Full Hedge-rows Hedges Highways Lanes Master Replied Roads Servant Slave

Bondman Compel Country Fences Fields Filled Forth Hedges High Highways House Lanes Master Roads Servant Slave Ways

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