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Luk 14:21. Ἀπήγγειλε, reported) It is the part of ministers to lay before the Lord in prayer an account of the obedience and disobedience of their hearers.-ὀργισθεὶς, being angry) Therefore He had invited them with entire sincerity.-ἔξελθε, go out) So Luk 14:23.-ταχέως, quickly) Because all the viands were already prepared, and, as it were, still hot; and the excellence of these viands is to be vindicated from contempt [such as had been thrown on them by the self-excusers] by means of other guests.-πλατείας, streets) which are larger.-ῥύμας, lanes) which are smaller.-τῆς πόλεως, of the city) We may suppose, that by these are meant those nations, among which the Jews were dispersed.-V. g. (Comp. however the following note, E. B.)]-τοὺς πτωχοὺς, the poor) Those already called [κεκλημένοι, Luk 14:24] were those, who were accounted among the Jews to be the best men, Luk 14:1; Luk 14:3 [“the chief Pharisees and lawyers”]; the poor in the streets are the “Publicans and sinners” [who welcome the invitation in], ch. Luk 15:1 : see Mat 21:31.-πτωχοὺς, the poor) whom otherwise no one feels disposed to invite.-ἀναπήρους, the maimed) whom no wife (woman) would take, Luk 14:20.-χωλοὺς, the lame) who cannot go (πορεύομαι), Luk 14:19.-τυφλοὺς, the blind) who cannot see (ἰδεῖν, Luk 14:18.