Luke 14:17
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.
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.’
19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
- KJV
- And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
- WEB
- He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
- ASV
- and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for [all] things are now ready.
- DARBY
- And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.
- BLB
- And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, ‘Come, because now [it] is ready.’
- ÅB
- og han sendte sin tjener ut ved den tid nattverden skulle holdes, for å si til de innbudne: Kom! for nå er det ferdig.
- OTB
- På tiden for gjestebudet sendte han sin tjener for å si til de som var invitert: 'Kom, for alt er nå klart.'
- B1930
- og han sendte sin tjener ut ved den tid nattverden skulde holdes, for å si til de innbudne: Kom! for nu er det ferdig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 9:1–5
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Read in contextJohn 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Read in contextMatthew 22:3–4
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
Read in contextLuke 3:4–6
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
Read in contextMatthew 10:1–4
And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
Read in contextLuke 9:1–5
Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
Read in contextMatthew 11:27–29
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Read in contextMatthew 3:1–12
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
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