Luke 14:23
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14:23So74 the master said to his75 slave, ‘Go out to the highways76 and country roads77 and urge78 people79 to come in, so that my house will be filled.80
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- 74 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the master’s response to the slave’s report.
- 75 Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun ( ).
- 76 Go out to the highways and country roads. This suggests the inclusion of people outside the town, even beyond the needy (poor, crippled, blind, and lame) in the town, and so is an allusion to the inclusion of the Gentiles.
- 77 The Greek word φραγμός (phragmos) refers to a fence, wall, or hedge surrounding a vineyard ( 1). “Highways” and “country roads” probably refer not to separate places, but to the situation outside the town where the rural roads run right alongside the hedges or fences surrounding the fields (cf. J. A. Fitzmyer, Luke [], 1057).
- 78 Traditionally “force” or “compel,” but according to ἀναγκάζω 2 this is a weakened nuance: “strongly urge/invite.” The meaning in this context is more like “persuade.”
- 79 The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
- 80 So that my house will be filled. God will bless many people.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and press them to come in, so that my house will be filled!
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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