Luke 14:23
‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’
24for I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
Cross References
Matthew 21:43And that, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the Kingdom.
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 →