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Luke 14:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; "
Luke 14:13
Verse in Context
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11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
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Luke 14:1
"When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him."
Luke 14:2
"Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him."
Luke 14:3
"Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”"
Luke 14:4
"But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go."
Luke 14:5
"He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”"
Luke 14:6
"They couldn’t answer him regarding these things."
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