Luke 14
Treated in 61 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 14:28 If any of you planned to build a tower, would you not sit down first and add up the expense, to find out whether you could afford to finish it? 10
- 14:26 "No one can be my disciple who comes to me without hating their father and mother, their wife and children, their brothers and sisters, and even their own life. 9
- 14:22 Then the servant said, 'Master, your order has been carried out, and there are still empty places.' 7
- 14:21 The servant came back and told his master all of this. At that the owner of the house was angry, and he said to his servant, 'Hurry out into the squares and alleys of the town, and bring the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame in here.' 6
- 14:23 The master told the servant, 'Go out to the country roads and the hedgerows, and press people to come in, so that my house will be full. 6
- 14:11 For everyone who lifts themselves up will be brought low, and the one who takes the low place will be lifted up." 5
- 14:17 When the hour of the dinner arrived, he sent his servant out to say to the guests he had asked, 'Come, it is all ready now.' 5
- 14:18 But all of them alike began to ask to be excused. The first told him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and look at it. I am asking you to excuse me.' 5
- 14:27 Unless a person carries their own cross and walks behind me, they cannot be my disciple. 5
- 14:30 They will say, 'Here is someone who started to build and could not finish.' 5
- 14:33 So it is with you: whoever does not let go of all that they have cannot be my disciple. 5
- 14:29 If you lay the foundation and cannot finish the job, everyone who sees it will start to make fun of you. 4
- 14:31 Or what king sets out to fight another king without first sitting down to weigh whether his 10,000 troops can stand against an enemy who comes with 20,000? 4
- 14:10 No, when you are invited, go and take the last place at the table, so that when your host comes over he will tell you, 'Friend, move further up.' Then everyone eating with you will see the honor you are given. 3
- 14:14 And you will be blessed, for they have no way to pay you back. Your repayment will come at the resurrection of the righteous." 3
- 14:16 He answered him, "Once a man was putting on a large dinner, and he had asked many people to it. 3
- 14:32 If he cannot, then while the other king is still a long way off, he will send envoys to ask how peace can be made. 3
- 14:15 One of the guests at the table heard this and said to him, "Blessed is anyone who will sit at the table in the kingdom of God!" 2
- 14:19 Another said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am on my way to test them. I am asking you to excuse me.' 2
- 14:20 And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and that is why I am not able to come.' 2
- 14:25 Many crowds were walking along with him. He turned around and said to them, 2
- 14:7 When he saw how the guests were picking out the places of honor for themselves, he gave them a parable: 1
- 14:12 Then he said to his host as well, "When you put on a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, your brothers and sisters, your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors. They might ask you back, and that would be your repayment. 1
- 14:13 Instead, when you hold a feast, ask the poor to come, and those who are maimed, lame, or blind. 1
- 14:24 For I tell you all, not a single one of the men I first invited will taste my dinner.'" 1
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Where it is preached
- Humility ·
Humility and Exaltation cites Luke 14:11
“He who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11, 18:14. “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” James. 4:10. “Humble…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon II cites Luke xiv. 17
…neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.” And Luke xiv. 17. “Come, for all things are now ready.” and ver. 23, 24. You see by this time that we are…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Luke 14:26
…but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on crying, Life! life! eternal life! Luke 14:26. So he looked not behind him, Gen. 19:17, but fled towards the middle of the plain. The…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Luke 14:7
…of it but it belonged to them. They, as it were, naturally do that which Christ condemns, Luke 14:7, &c., take the highest room. This they do, by being forward to take upon them the place…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
December cites Luke xiv. 10
…it. Patience quietly awaits it.—Selected. December 23 Go and sit down in the lowest room. Luke xiv. 10. He who is willing to take the lowest place will always find sitting room; there is no…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites Luke 14:10
…all be strong, And make Jehovah's arm their song.” December 23 “Friend, go up higher.” (Luke 14:10) When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
May cites Luke xiv. 11
…exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv. 11. . . . If you ask the way to the crown—'tis by the cross; to the mountain—'tis by the…
- Humility ·
Humility in the Teaching of Jesus cites Luke 14:11
…everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11. The demand is inexorable; there is no other way. Self-abasement alone will be exalted.…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Exaltation cites Luke 14:11
…learn ‘the way to true honour is humility.’ ‘He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.’ Luke 14:11: The world looks upon humility as that which will make contemptible, but it is the ready…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
An inquiry into the reason, why the generality of Christians fall so far short of the holiness and devotion of Christianity cites Luke xiv. 12
…cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." [Luke xiv. 12, 13, 14] He will waste no money in gilded roofs, or costly furniture: he will not be…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
To the Reader cites Luke 14:14
…him, and receiveth of the smiles and favors of him that is Judge of all there. Zech. 3:7; Luke 14:14,15. Moreover, it is expected of some, that his Prince, the Lord of that country, will…
- Practical Religion ·
Riches and Poverty cites Luke xiv. 14
…cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just"? (Luke xiv. 14.) Is it for nothing that He says, "Sell that ye have and give alms; provide yourselves…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Compel Them to Come In cites Luke 14:15–24
…rebuke to any theology that makes evangelism optional. FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Read Luke 14:15–24 and notice who is invited, who refuses, and who finally comes in. 2. Ask honestly whether…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon IV cites Luke xiv. 15
…you could not; and provoked him to resolve that you should never taste of his supper, Luke xiv. 15, 24. And who is it long of now but yourselves? and what can we say is the chief cause of…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Exertion cites Luke xiv. 16
…picture of things that I have seen with my own eyes ever since I became a minister. (Luke xiv. 16.) I find, as my Lord and Saviour tells me, that "men make excuse." One has his piece of…
- Practical Religion ·
Prayer cites Luke xiv. 17
…to make prayer easy, if men will only attempt it. "All things are ready" on His side. (Luke xiv. 17.) Every objection is anticipated. Every difficulty is provided for. The crooked places…
- The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey ·
The Uplifted Christ cites LUKE 14:18
…bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. LUKE 14:18 In Refuges of Lies he observed that the trouble with most people is not that they have no…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon I cites Luke xiv. 18
…this you may see in Col. iii. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Matt. vi. 20, 33. Luke xviii. 22, 23, 29. Luke xiv. 18, 24, 26, 27. Rom. viii. 13. Gal. v. 24. Luke xii. 21, &c. Thirdly, the soul of a wicked…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites Luke 14:21
…“Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor” (Luke 14:21, ASV). 6. God Sets the Solitary in Families An old Quaker took her into his home when she…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
Into the Open Fields cites LUKE 14:21
…of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. LUKE 14:21 On a February afternoon in 1739, on a rise of ground at Kingswood near Bristol, a young…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
The World Is My Parish cites LUKE 14:21
…of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. LUKE 14:21 In Salvation by Faith he had already argued that the poor have a peculiar right to have…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
The Shawlies cites Luke 14:21
…and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.” — Luke 14:21, ASV Girls in Shawls In the Belfast of the 1880s, a woman’s headgear told the world where…
- Grace Abounding (For Teens) ·
And Yet There Is Room cites Luke 14:22
“And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.” — Luke 14:22 (KJV) You might think Bunyan was nearly there. Instead, two new fears grabbed him. The…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
“Who Maketh Thee to Differ?” cites Luke 14:22
…reports to his master: “Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room” (Luke 14:22, ASV). He wrote afterwards: The novelty of seeing a native clergyman performing Divine…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Luke 14:22
…do, and he answered praise by pointing to grace. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 4:7; Luke 14:22. Reflection 1. How do you respond to praise? 2. What did the Shango drummer’s charge…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Luke 14.22
…my mind, ‘Compel them to come in, that my house may be filled’; ‘and yet there is room’ (Luke 14.22, 23). These words, but especially them, ‘And yet there is room’, were sweet words to me…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
The Many Mansions cites Luke xiv. 22
…heaven for a vast multitude, yea, room enough for all mankind that are or ever shall be; Luke xiv. 22, “Lord it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.” It is not with the…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Gospel Supper cites Luke 14:22–24
Luke 14:22–24 — “And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
October cites Luke xiv. 23
…us our All-Sufficiency. October 26 “Go out into the highways and compel them to come in” (Luke xiv. 23). In the great parable in the fourteenth chapter of Luke, giving an account of the great…
- Godliness ·
How to Work for God with Success cites Luke 14:23
…vineyard today.” Matthew 21:28 “Compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 I am to speak of some needful qualifications for successful labor; and I say:— First…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Introduction cites Luke 14:23
…Catholic fold, and he defended it from the words of the parable, compel them to come in (Luke 14:23). He pleaded that no one should be put to death, and he meant well; but the argument he…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
Aggressive Christianity cites LUKE 14:23
…into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. LUKE 14:23 She took Paul’s commission from the risen Christ in the same way. The people are asleep…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
The Church and the Sacraments cites Luke 14:23
…and exile, and he appealed to the words of the parable, compel them to come in (Luke 14:23). He pleaded with officials not to put Donatists to death, and he did not approve of…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.5 The Lord's Supper cites Luke 14: 24
…‘For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.’ Luke 14: 24. I will shut them out of my kingdom, I will provide them a black banquet, where weeping…
- All Things for Good ·
Of love to God cites Luke xiv. 26
…knife, and let out Isaac’s blood. Our blessed Saviour speaks of hating father and mother (Luke xiv. 26). Christ would not have us be unnatural; but if our dearest relations stand in our way…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Deity of Jesus Christ cites Luke 14:26
…of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me." And in Luke 14:26, 33, He says, "If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Burden and the Book cites LUKE 14:26
…and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. LUKE 14:26 Obstinate and Pliable Two neighbours come after the man to fetch him back — for now we…
- The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer ·
Christ in You cites LUKE 14:26
…and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. LUKE 14:26 The last counsel needs care, as all talk of self-denial does. Meyer does not mean that…
- Our Daily Walk ·
October cites Luke 14:26
…they must be fulfilled, if we would enter Christ's School. Disciple stands for learner. (Luke 14:26) Our Lord is prepared to teach us the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but it is useless…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites Luke xiv. 27
…June 20 Whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 27. There is always the shadow of the cross resting upon the Christian's path. Is that a…
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