Luke 14:23 — Community Reflections

LUKE 14:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“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.”

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 — go to the roads and country lanes: the mission extends beyond the city to the surrounding rural areas — the Gentile mission implied in the geography. Make them come in (anankason, compel, urgently persuade): the urgency of the invitation communicates the host's determination to fill the house. The house will be full: the kingdom feast will not lack for guests.

Church Fathers on Luke 14:23

Our Lord had just before taught us to prepare our feasts for those who cannot repay, seeing that we shall have our reward at the resurrection of the just. Some one then, supposing the resurrection of the just to be one and the same with the kingdom of God, commends the above-mentioned recompense; for it follows, When one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Eusebius of Caesarea · 4th century

That man was carnal, and a careless hearer of the things which Christ delivered, for he thought the reward of the saints was to be bodily.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Or because he sighed for something afar off, and that bread which he desired lay before him. For who is that Bread of the kingdom of God but He who says, I am the living bread which came down from heaven? Open not your mouth, but your heart.
Augustine · 4th century

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