Luke 14:13

But when you host an elaborate meal, ¹  invite the poor, the crippled, ²  the lame, and ³  the blind. ⁴ 

De 14:29; De 16:11,14; De 26:12,13; 2Sa 6:19; 2Ch 30:24; Ne 8:10,12; Job 29:13,15,16; Job 31:16-20; Pr 3:9,10; Pr 14:31; Pr 31:6,7; Isa 58:7,10; Mt 14:14-21; Mt 15:32-39; Mt 22:10; Lu 11:41; Lu 14:21; Ac 2:44,45; Ac 4:34,35; Ac 9:39; Ro 12:13-16; 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 5:10; Tit 1:8; Phm 1:7; Heb 13:2

¹ tn This term, δοχή (doch), is a third term for a meal (see v. 12) that could also be translated “banquet, feast.”

² sn Normally the term means crippled as a result of being maimed or mutilated (L&N 23.177).

³ tn Here “and” has been supplied between the last two elements in the series in keeping with English style.

⁴ sn This list of needy is like Luke 7:22. See Deut 14:28-29; 16:11-14; 26:11-13.