Luke 14:17

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At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

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  • Matt 10:1-4 : 1 And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could drive them out and heal every disease and every sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James, son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (also called Lebbaeus); 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
  • Matt 11:27-29 : 27 All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Matt 22:3-4 : 3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come. 4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation.
  • Luke 9:1-5 : 1 Then Jesus called together the twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases. 2 He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He said to them, 'Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take two tunics.' 4 Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.
  • Luke 10:1-9 : 1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go. 2 He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.' 3 Go on your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. 4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveling bag, or sandals; and do not greet anyone along the way. 5 When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' 6 If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on them; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house. 8 When you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10 But when you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a warning to you. Yet know this: The kingdom of God has come near.' 12 I tell you, on that day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.
  • John 7:37 : 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.'
  • Acts 2:38-39 : 38 Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.'
  • Acts 3:24-26 : 24 Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these days. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.' 26 When God raised up His servant, Jesus, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, children of Abraham's lineage, and you who fear God, this message of salvation has been sent to us.
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through Him, everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  • 2 Cor 5:18-6:1 : 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • Prov 9:1-5 : 1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. 2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city, 4 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says: 5 Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
  • Matt 3:1-9 : 1 At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.' 3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.' 4 Now John himself had a garment made of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

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  • Luke 14:15-16
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    15When one of those reclining at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, 'Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.'

    16Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.'

  • Matt 22:2-5
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    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    3He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

    4Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

    5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

  • Luke 14:18-24
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    18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

    19Another said, ‘I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

    21The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

    22‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

    23Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’

    24I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.

  • Matt 22:8-11
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    8Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those invited were not worthy.'

    9Go therefore to the main roads, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.

    10So those servants went out into the roads and gathered all they found, both good and bad. The wedding hall was filled with guests.

    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable:

    8'When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by the host.'

    9'Then the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ And humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.'

    10'But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.'

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Luke 12:36-37
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    36Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.

    37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

  • Matt 25:10
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    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

  • Mark 14:14-17
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    14Wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'

    15He will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready. Prepare for us there.

    16So the disciples went out and entered the city. They found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

    17When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26So he called one of the servants and asked what these things were about.

  • Luke 14:12-13
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    12Then Jesus said to the one who had invited him, 'When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you back, and you will be repaid.'

    13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

  • Luke 22:8-9
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    8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat."

    9"Where do you want us to prepare it?" they asked him.

  • Matt 22:14
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    14For many are invited, but few are chosen.

  • Luke 22:11-14
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    11Say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"

    12He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Prepare the meal there."

    13So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

    14When the hour came, Jesus reclined at the table, and the apostles were with him.

  • Matt 21:34
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    34When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

  • Luke 12:40
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    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  • Luke 16:5
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    5So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

  • Luke 15:22
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    22But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

  • Mark 12:2
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    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Matt 26:18
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    18He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover at your house with My disciples.'"

  • Matt 25:6
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    6At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

  • Matt 24:44
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    44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Luke 12:45
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.