23And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;


In Context

20 And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

21 And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

22 And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

23 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;

24 for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

25 And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,

Luke 14:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:23"Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23|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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23'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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23And 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.