Luke 14:16

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Luke 14:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.

Isaiah 25:7

On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

Jeremiah 31:12

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:14

I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

Zechariah 10:7

Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Matthew 22:5

But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

Matthew 22:6

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 22:7

The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9

Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

Matthew 22:10

So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:11

But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

Matthew 22:12

‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Isaiah 55:1

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

Isaiah 55:4

Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

Isaiah 55:5

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.