Luke 14:15-17

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.'

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.