Luke 14:18

Webster's Bible (1833)

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

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  • Isa 28:12-13 : 12 to whom he said, This is the rest, give you rest to him who is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 Therefore shall the word of Yahweh be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
  • Luke 17:26-31 : 26 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. 31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
  • Luke 18:24 : 24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • Luke 20:4-5 : 4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?" 5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
  • John 5:40 : 40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
  • Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed. 46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 18:5-6 : 5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers, 26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive. 27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
  • Isa 29:11-12 : 11 All vision is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I can't, for it is sealed: 12 and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I am not learned.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God: 5 I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of Yahweh is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein]. 17 I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
  • Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, 6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
  • Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

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  • 89%

    19"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

    20"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

    21"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

    22"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

    23"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

    24For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

    25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

  • 80%

    16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

    17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

  • Matt 22:3-5
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    3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

    4Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

    5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

  • 7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

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

    9Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

    10Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

    2When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

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    28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

    29He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

    30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.

  • 5Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

  • 18But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

  • 61Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

    10At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

  • 7and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

    8and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?

  • 12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

  • 10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

  • 59He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

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  • 12He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

  • 26He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

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    1"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

    2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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    33"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

    34When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

  • 21Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

  • 6What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used the fruit of it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.

  • 14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • 29"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'

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    23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

    24When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}

  • 17He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

  • 9and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.