Luke 14:18
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’
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19 Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’
20 Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’
21 So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
22 Then the slave said,‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’
23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”
25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
16 But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.
17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
8 Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’
10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
1 The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
2 At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.
28 The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
29 The boy answered,‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.
30 The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.
5 So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
18 But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.
61 Yet another said,“I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”
9 The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10 When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.
7 Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
12 Therefore he said,“A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
59 Jesus said to another,“Follow me.” But he replied,“Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
4 He said to them,‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’
6 And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’
7 They said to him,‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’
12 He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
26 So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
1 Workers in the Vineyard“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
33 The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
21 Another of the disciples said to him,“Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
6 Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.
14 The Parable of the Talents“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’
23 The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
24 As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
9 So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.