Luke 14:18

American Standard Version (1901)

And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

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  • Isa 28:12-13 : 12 to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
  • Luke 17:26-31 : 26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
  • Luke 18:24 : 24 And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 20:4-5 : 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
  • John 5:40 : 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
  • Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed. 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 18:5-6 : 5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. [
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers, 26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed: 12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein] . 17 And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
  • Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; 6 and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
  • Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

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    19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

    20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

    21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

    22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

    23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.

    24 For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper.

    25 Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

  • 80%

    16 But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

    17 and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.

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    3 and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

    4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

    5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;

  • 7 And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

  • Matt 22:8-11
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    8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

    9 Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

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    11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1 And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

    2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

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    28 But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

    29 And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

    30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.

  • 5 And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

  • 18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

  • 61 And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9 And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

    10 And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

  • 7 and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

    8 and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

  • 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

  • 10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

  • 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

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    7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

  • 12 And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

  • 26 And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

  • Matt 20:1-2
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    1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

    2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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    33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

    34 And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

  • 21 And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

  • 6 And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.

  • 14 For [it is] as [when] a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

  • 29 So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

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    23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.

    24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

  • 17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

  • 9 and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.