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.


In Context

20 "Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'

21 "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'

22 " 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'

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.

24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.' "

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

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.