Luke 14:15-24

The Parable of the Great Banquet

¹⁵ When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, _e "Blessed is everyone who will _f eat bread in the kingdom of God!" ¹⁶ But he said to him, _g "A man once _h gave a great banquet and invited many. ¹⁷ And at the time for the banquet he _i sent his servant ₁ to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' ¹⁸ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.' ¹⁹ And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.' ²⁰ And another said, _j 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' ²¹ So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in _k the poor and crippled and blind and lame.' ²² And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' ²³ And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I tell you, _{2 m} none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

1. Cross References
   Revelation 19:9
   And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 13:29
   And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.
   Luke 22:16
   For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
   Luke 22:30
   That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 14:16 - 24
   But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
   Matthew 22:2 - 14
   The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 25:6
   On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
   
5. Cross References
   Esther 6:14
   While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
   Proverbs 9:3
   She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town.
   Proverbs 9:5
   Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
   
6. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:5
   When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
   
7. Cross References
   Luke 14:13
   But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 21:43
   Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
   Acts 13:46
   And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.