Luke 14:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ ὅταν ποιῇς δοχήν, κάλει πτωχούς, ἀναπήρους, χωλούς, τυφλούς:

Transliteration

But whenever you poiēs dochēn, kalei ptōchous, anapērous, chōlous, typhlous:

Grammar Details

• *poiēs*: present subjunctive, active, 2nd singular - you might make/prepare
• *dochēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - reception/feast/banquet
• *kalei*: present imperative, active, 2nd singular - call/invite
• *ptōchous*: accusative, masculine, plural - poor
• *anapērous*: accusative, masculine, plural - maimed/crippled
• *chōlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - lame
• *typhlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - blind

Word Meanings

• *poiēs*: you might make/you prepare/you host
• *dochēn*: reception/feast/banquet
• *kalei*: call/invite/summon
• *ptōchous*: poor/destitute/beggars
• *anapērous*: maimed/crippled/disabled
• *chōlous*: lame/those who cannot walk properly
• *typhlous*: blind/those who cannot see

Referenced Verses

• Luke 14:21 : 21 `And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.
• Neh 8:10 : 10 And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day `is' holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'
• Neh 8:12 : 12 And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.
• Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
• Job 29:15-16 : 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I. 16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
• Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, 17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, 18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) 19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; 10 And filled are thy barns `with' plenty, And `with' new wine thy presses break forth.
• Prov 14:31 : 31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
• Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, 7 He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.
• Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
• Isa 58:10 : 10 And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness `is' as noon.
• Matt 14:14-21 : 14 And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm; 15 and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.' 16 And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.' 17 And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.' 18 And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.' 19 And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes, 20 and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full; 21 and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.
• Matt 15:32-39 : 32 And Jesus having called near his disciples, said, `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they continue with me, and they have not what they may eat; and to let them away fasting I will not, lest they faint in the way.' 33 And his disciples say to him, `Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?' 34 And Jesus saith to them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven, and a few little fishes.' 35 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground, 36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full, 38 and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children. 39 And having let away the multitudes, he went into the boat, and did come to the borders of Magdala.
• Matt 22:10 : 10 `And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.
• Luke 11:41 : 41 But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
• Acts 2:44-45 : 44 and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, 45 and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.
• Acts 4:34-35 : 34 for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling `them', were bringing the prices of the thing sold, 35 and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.
• Acts 9:39 : 39 And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.
• Rom 12:13-16 : 13 to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing. 14 Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not; 15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping, 16 of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;
• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
• 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
• Titus 1:8 : 8 but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,
• Phlm 1:7 : 7 for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
• Heb 13:2 : 2 of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;
• Deut 14:29 : 29 and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who `are' within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who `is' within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who `are' in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there,
• Deut 16:14 : 14 and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who `are' within thy gates.
• Deut 26:12-13 : 12 `When thou dost complete to tithe all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, the year of the tithe, then thou hast given to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within thy gates, and been satisfied, 13 and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten.
• 2 Sam 6:19 : 19 and he apportioneth to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man even unto woman, to each, one cake of bread, and one eshpar, and one ashisha, and all the people go, each to his house.
• 2 Chr 30:24 : 24 for Hezekiah king of Judah hath presented to the assembly a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep; and the heads have presented to the assembly bullocks a thousand, and sheep ten thousand; and priests sanctify themselves in abundance.