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Luke 14:23
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.
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Luke 14:23 in other translations
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.
So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
“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.
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In context
20 And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23 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.
24 For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste my supper.
25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them,
26 If any [man] cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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