# Luke 14.23

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 21. <span class="rl-speech">And the servant came, and told 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 maimed and blind and lame.</span> 22. And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.
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> **23. 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.**
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> 24. For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper. 25. Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them, (Luke 14:21-25, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 21. <span class="rl-speech">“That servant came, and told 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’</span>
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> **23. <span class="rl-speech">“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.</span>**
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> 24. <span class="rl-speech">For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”</span> 25. Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, (Luke 14:21-25, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 21. <span class="rl-speech">So that servant came, and shewed 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.</span> 22. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
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> **23. 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.**
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> 24. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 25. And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, (Luke 14:21-25, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 21. <span class="rl-speech">'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.</span>
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> **23. <span class="rl-speech">'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;</span>**
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> 24. <span class="rl-speech">for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'</span> 25. And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them, (Luke 14:21-25, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Festival-Feast Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-festival-feast-convergence/), via [Luke 14.15-24](/codex/luke-14-15-24/)
- [Christians Destroyed Pagan Temples Objection Defeater](/codex/christians-destroyed-pagan-temples-objection-defeater/)
- [Disabled People Cannot Choose God Objection Defeater](/codex/disabled-people-cannot-choose-god-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 14](/codex/luke-14/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 14.3-35](/codex/luke-14-3-35/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.