King James Version
Luke 14:13 in the King James Version says “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:” — study this verse from Luke chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:”
Luke 14:13 · KJV
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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.
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.
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when”
G3752whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
“call”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
“the poor”
G4434akin to g4422 and the alternate of g4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e., pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used i
“the blind”
G5185opaque (as if smoky), i.e., (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
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