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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Luke 14:23
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“Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
And the Lord said vnto the seruant, Goe out into the high wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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.
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and the hedges and press upon them to come in, so that my house will be filled.
The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes, and urge the people there to come so my house will be full.
"Then the master told the servant, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled [with guests].
"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the fences, and compel them to come in, so 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.
His master then told him, "Go out along the back roads and fence rows and make people come in, so that my house will be full.
The master said to the slave, ‘Go out to the country roads and boundary walls, and insistently persuade people to come in, so that my house will be full.
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;
The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads. Tell the people there to come. I want my house to be full!
Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.
Then the master said to his servant, Go out to the highways and hedges, and urge them to come in so that my house may be filled.
So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the country roads and lanes and make people come in, so that my house will be full.
And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and press them to come in, so that my house will be filled!
And the lord said to the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
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.
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.
"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.
Then the master told the servant, 'Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.
And the lord said to his servant, Go forth into the ways, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled:
And the lord said to his servant: Go out to the by-paths, and among the hedges, and constrain them to come in; that my house may be filled.
And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled.
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.
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.
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.
"`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.
And the lord seide to the seruaunt, Go out in to weies and heggis, and constreine men to entre, that myn hous be fulfillid.
And the lord said to the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
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.
So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
Then the master said to the servant, "Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.
Then the owner said to his servant, ‘Go out along the roads leading away from the city and into the fields. Tell them they must come. Do this so my house will be filled.
Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
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.
And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
And the lorde sayd to the servaunt: Go out into ye hye wayes and hedges and compell the to come in that my housse maye be filled.
`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;
And the lorde sayde vnto the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes, and to the hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house maye be fylled.
the master reply'd, go then to the high-ways and by-paths, and compel them to come in, that my house may be full.
"The master said, ‘Then go to the country roads. Whoever you find, drag them in. I want my house full! Let me tell you, not one of those originally invited is going to get so much as a bite at my dinner party.'"
"So the rancher said, 'Bring the mavericks and the mistresses, the whores, and the harlots. Tell the outlaws and rabble-rousers they are welcome. I want their bellies, and my ranch, full.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Go: Psalms 98:3, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 19:24, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 27:13, Isaiah 49:5, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 66:19, Isaiah 66:20, Zechariah 14:8, Zechariah 14:9, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 21:43, Matthew 22:9, Matthew 22:10, Matthew 28:19, Matthew 28:20, Acts 9:15, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 11:18-21, Acts 13:47, Acts 13:48, Acts 18:6, Acts 22:21, Acts 22:22, Acts 26:18-20, Acts 28:28, Romans 10:18, Romans 15:9-12, Ephesians 2:11-22, Colossians 1:23
compel: Luke 24:29, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Psalms 110:3, Acts 16:15, Romans 11:13, Romans 11:14, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Colossians 1:28, 2 Timothy 4:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 33:11 - urged him 1 Samuel 28:23 - compelled him 2 Samuel 13:25 - pressed 2 Kings 4:8 - she constrained him Proverbs 7:21 - forced Isaiah 65:13 - my servants shall eat Matthew 8:11 - That Matthew 21:41 - and will let out Romans 10:20 - I was made 1 Timothy 2:4 - will
Cross-References
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, - four kings against five.
And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son with his goods, and went their way, - he, being a dweller in Sodom.
And he divided himself against them by night, he, and his servants, and smote them, - and pursued them as far as Hobah, which was on the left of Damascus.
So he brought back all the goods, - yea Lot also his brother with his goods, did he bring back, and the women also, and the people.
But the man of God said unto the king - If thou wouldst give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, - neither would I eat bread or drink water, in this place;
But he said - By the life of Yahweh, before whom I stand, I will not accept one. And, though he urged him to accept it, yet did he refuse.
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said - Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.
Lo! this third time, I am holding myself, in readiness, to come unto you, and I will not allow myself to be a burden; for I seek not yours, but you; - for, the children, ought not to lay up, for the parents, but the parents for the children; -
Without fondness for money, be your way of life, - being content with the present things, - for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord said unto the servant,.... A second time; that since the Jews put away the word of eternal life from them, and judged themselves unworthy of it by their contradicting and blaspheming it, he commanded his apostles to turn from them to the Gentiles; see Acts 13:45,
go out into the highways and hedges: the Persic version adds, "of the vineyards"; see 1 Chronicles 4:23 and may in general design the mean, base, vile, and sinful state of the Gentiles; who might be said to be "in the highways", because they were without the commonwealth and church of the Jews; were not admitted to civil conversation, nor to religious worship with them; and were left to walk on in their own ways, of their own devising and choosing, in which they delighted: they were not in God's highway, which is a way of holiness,
Isaiah 35:8 but in their own highways; either following the various sects of the philosophers, which were vain and foolish; or going into different practices of idolatry, and walking in very sinful and vicious courses; and so were in the broad road and highway to destruction: and their being in, and under "the hedges", may denote their state of separation from God; being without him, alienated from the life of him, and afar off from him; being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, Ephesians 2:12 they were not in the gardens and enclosures, but under the hedges:
and compel them to come in; to the house of God, and church of Christ; to come and hear the word, and quit their former course of living, and attend the word and worship of God; and upon an evidence of the truth of grace upon their souls, to come into a Gospel church state, and partake of all privileges and ordinances in it; to which they are to be compelled, not by outward force, but by forcible words, by powerful arguments, and by the strength of persuasion; which expresses the nature of the Gospel ministry, which is to persuade Japhet to dwell in the tents of Shem; and the power that attends it by the divine Spirit; the case and condition of souls, who are generally bashful and backward, judging themselves unworthy; as also the earnest desire, and great liberality of Christ, the master of the feast, whose end in it is as follows:
that my house may be filled; with men, like a flock, and these with gifts and grace; with such as shall be saved, as with elect Jews, so with the fulness of the Gentiles.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Go out into the highways - Since enough had not been found in the lanes and streets, he commands the servant to go into the roads - the public highways out of the city, as well as to the streets âinâ it - and invite them also.
Hedges - A hedge is the inclosure around a field or vineyard. It was commonly made of thorns, which were planted thick, and which kept the cattle out of the vineyard. âA common plant for this purpose is the prickly pear, a species of cactus, which grows several feet high, and as thick as a manâs body, armed with sharp thorns, and thus forming an almost impervious defenseâ (Professor Hackett, âScripture Illustrations,â p. 174). Those in the hedges were poor laborers employed in planting them or trimming them - people of the lowest class and of great poverty. By his directing them to go first into the streets of the city and then into the highways, we are not to understand our Saviour as referring to different classes of people, but only as denoting the âearnestnessâ with which God offers salvation to people, and his willingness that the most despised should come and live. Some parts of parables are thrown in for the sake of âkeeping,â and they should not be pressed or forced to obtain any obscure or fanciful signification. The great point in this parable was, that God would call in the Gentiles after the Jews had rejected the gospel. This should be kept always in view in interpreting all the parts of the parable.
Compel them - That is, urge them, press them earnestly, one and all. Do not hear their excuses on account of their poverty and low rank of life, but urge them so as to overcome their objections and lead them to the feast. This expresses the âearnestnessâ of the man; his anxiety that his table should be filled, and his purpose not to reject any on account of their poverty, or ignorance, or want of apparel. So God is earnest in regard to the most polluted and vile. He commands his servants, his ministers, to âurgeâ them to come, to âpressâ on them the salvation of the gospel, and to use all the means in their power to bring into heaven poor and needy sinners.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 14:23. Compel them to come in — αναγκαÏον, Prevail on them by the most earnest entreaties. The word is used by Matthew, Matthew 14:22, and by Mark, Mark 6:45; in both which places, when Christ is said, αναγκαζειν, to constrain his disciples to get into the vessel, nothing but his commanding or persuading them to do it can be reasonably understood. The Latins use cogo, and compello, in exactly the same sense, i.e. to prevail on by prayers, counsels, entreaties, c. See several examples in Bishop PEARCE, and in KYPKE. No other kind of constraint is ever recommended in the Gospel of Christ every other kind of compulsion is antichristian, can only be submitted to by cowards and knaves, and can produce nothing but hypocrites, See at the end of the chapter. Luke 14:34
