Luke 14:17
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;
Matthew 11:27"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Luke 3:4As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. The voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way for God, make straight paths for him.
Luke 10:1After this the appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before his face, into every city and place into which he himself intended to go.
Acts 2:38"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 13:26"Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and all among you who reverence God, to us has the word of this salvation 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 →