Luke 14:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

Luke 14:16 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 22:2-14
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, …
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Isaiah 25:6-7
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. …
Isaiah 55:1-7
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. …
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Topics

Atheism Atonement Avarice Banquet Convocation Covetousness Cupidity Dinner

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-24)

Here is another discourse of our Saviour’s, in which he spiritualizes the feast he was invited to, which is another way of keeping up good discourse in the midst of common actions. I. The occasion of the discourse was given by one of the guests, who, when Christ was giving rules about feasting, said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God (Luke 14:15), which, some tell us,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

15-24. when one ... heard ... he said, Blessed, &c.--As our Lord’s words seemed to hold forth the future “recompense” under the idea of a great Feast, the thought passes through this man’s mind, how blessed they would be who should be honored to sit down to it. Our Lord’s reply is in substance this: “The great Feast is prepared already; the invitations are issued, but declined; the feast, notwiths…