Luke 14:17
When the dinner was prepared, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'
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In Context
16But Jesus said to him, “A certain man prepared a large dinner and invited many.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea saying,
Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to me from my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, 1 “A voice of one calling out in the wilderness, 1 'Make ready the way of the Lord, 1 make his paths straight. 1
Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy + 10:1 Many of the best ancient copies read “seventy” but some read “seventy-two” others, and sent them out two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
Acts 2:38Then Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 13:26Brothers, children of the line of Abraham, and those among you who worship God, it is to us that the message about this salvation has been sent.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:16-25
The Generous Invitations; The Neglected Feast. 15 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. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see… Read the whole commentary →