Luke 14:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

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  • Matt 22:2-9 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married, 3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come. 4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast. 5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade: 6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death. 7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire. 8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough. 9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. 10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests. 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe; 12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say. 13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. 14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
  • Isa 55:1-7 : 1 Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure. 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David. 4 See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations. 5 See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory. 6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near: 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
  • Jer 31:12-14 : 12 So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow. 13 Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow. 14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
  • Zech 10:7 : 7 And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.
  • Prov 9:1-2 : 1 Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars. 2 She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
  • Isa 25:6-7 : 6 And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested. 7 And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. 16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
  • Luke 14:16-24 : 16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people. 17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. 18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come. 21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body. 22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room. 23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full. 24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

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  • Luke 14:17-18
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    17And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

    18And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

  • Luke 14:20-25
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    20And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

    21And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

    22And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

    23And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

    24For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

    25Now a great number of people went with him.

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

    8When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

    9And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

    10But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

  • Luke 14:15
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    15And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 14:12-13
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    12And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

    13But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

  • Matt 22:1-5
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    1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

    3And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

    4Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

    5But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

  • Matt 22:8-14
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    8Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

    9Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

    10And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

    12And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

    13Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

    14For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

  • Luke 16:1
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    1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • Luke 15:26
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    26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

  • Luke 16:5
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    5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

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  • Mark 14:14-15
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    14And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

    15And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Luke 15:3
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    3And he made a story for them, saying,

  • Luke 19:12
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    12So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

  • Luke 16:19
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    19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

  • Luke 11:37
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    37Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.

  • John 12:2
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    2So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

  • Luke 5:29
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    29And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

  • Luke 14:1
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    1And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.

  • Luke 7:36
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    36And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

  • Luke 22:11
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    11And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

  • Matt 20:16
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    16So the last will be first, and the first last.

  • Luke 13:29
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    29And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

  • Mark 2:15
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    15And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

  • Matt 26:18
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    18And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

  • Luke 22:9
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    9And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?