Luke 14:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 21:43 : 43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
  • Heb 12:25-26 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven? 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
  • Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; 25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: 26 So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; 27 When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you. 28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: 29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. 32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
  • Matt 22:8 : 8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
  • Matt 23:38-39 : 38 See, your house is made waste. 39 For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
  • John 3:19 : 19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
  • John 8:24 : 24 For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 14:12-18
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    84%

    12 And 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.

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

    14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

    15 And, 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.

    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.

  • Luke 14:20-23
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    82%

    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.

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    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:

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7 And 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,

    8 When 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,

    9 And 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.

    10 But 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.

  • Matt 22:8-14
    7 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    75%

    7 But 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,

    8 Will 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 14:25
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    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

  • Luke 13:29
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    29 And 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 11:20-21
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    72%

    20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

    21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

  • Mark 14:14
    72%

    14 And 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?

  • Luke 13:24-26
    3 verses
    72%

    24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

    25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

    26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.

  • Luke 12:37
    72%

    37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

  • Matt 26:18
    72%

    18 And 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 22:16
    71%

    16 For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 24:49-50
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    49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;

    50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

  • Mark 14:18
    71%

    18 And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

  • Luke 22:30
    70%

    30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Luke 22:27
    70%

    27 For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

  • Luke 12:46
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    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

  • Luke 22:9
    70%

    9 And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?

  • Matt 25:30
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    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

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

  • Luke 22:14
    69%

    14 And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.