Luke 14:20

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

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  • 1 Cor 7:33 : 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.
  • Deut 24:5 : 5 If a man has recently married, he is not to be sent to war or have any duty laid on him. He is to be free to stay at home for one year and bring joy to his wife whom he has married.
  • Luke 14:26-28 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
  • Luke 18:29-30 : 29 Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 will fail to receive many times more in this present age and, in the age to come, eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not. 30 Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess. 31 And those who use the things of this world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

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  • Luke 14:16-19
    4 verses
    87%

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

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

    18 But 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.’

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

  • Luke 14:21-27
    7 verses
    79%

    21 The 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.’

    23 Then 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.’

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

    25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

    27 And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Matt 22:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    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.'

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

  • Deut 20:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 If anyone has planted a vineyard but has not yet enjoyed its fruit, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another enjoy its fruit.

    7 If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Matt 22:8-12
    5 verses
    72%

    8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those invited were not worthy.'

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

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

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

    12 He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

  • Luke 9:61-62
    2 verses
    72%

    61 Another said, 'I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.'

    62 Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 21:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28 What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

    29 The son replied, 'I don’t want to.' But later, he changed his mind and went.

    30 The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

  • Luke 11:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 because a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to offer him.”

    7 And suppose the one inside answers, “Don’t bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.”

  • Matt 19:10
    71%

    10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • Luke 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 When 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.'

  • Matt 25:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 While 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.

    11 Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34 Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

  • Luke 18:29
    70%

    29 Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • Mark 10:29
    69%

    29 Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

  • Deut 28:30
    68%

    30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Luke 9:59
    68%

    59 He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

  • Matt 8:21
    68%

    21 Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

  • Matt 22:14
    68%

    14 For many are invited, but few are chosen.

  • Prov 7:19
    68%

    19 'For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.'

  • Matt 18:25
    67%

    25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

  • Luke 5:34
    67%

    34 Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Gen 24:39
    67%

    39 Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

  • Luke 14:33
    67%

    33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • Matt 25:6
    67%

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

  • Luke 19:12
    67%

    12 So he said, "A nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

  • Luke 15:28
    67%

    28 But he became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

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