Luke 14:15

And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, after hearing these things, said to him: Blessed is he who shall cat bread in the kingdom of God.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

In Context

14and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

16And he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:10While they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage-supper; and the door was closed.

Luke 13:29And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and shall recline at table in the kingdom of God.

John 6:27Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father attested.

Matthew Henry on Luke 14:8-15

Humility Recommended. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may… Read the whole commentary →

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