Luke 14:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

Luke 14:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 10:1-4
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. …
Matthew 11:27-29
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. …
Proverbs 9:1-5
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: …
Matthew 22:3-4
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. …
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

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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. 17)

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…