Luke 14:17

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, ‘Come, because now it is ready.’

Latin

Et misit servum suum hora cœnæ dicere invitatis ut venirent, quia jam parata sunt omnia.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

Luke 14:17

Come, for everything is now ready: The invitations had been sent earlier. The guests were called when the meal was ready.

Luke 14:15–24

This parable shows what was happening in the ministry of Jesus. The rich, powerful, and important people rejected his invitation to God’s banquet of salvation, so they would be left out. Meanwhile, poor people and outcasts accepted the invitation (see also 1:52–53; 6:21, 25; 10:15; 18:14).

Theme notes and profiles

Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke The Messianic Banquet

Events

Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalemc. AD 30

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Matthew 22:3–4
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
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John 7:37
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Luke 10:1–12
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
Acts 13:26
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
Acts 2:38–39
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:18–6:1
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Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
Matthew 3:1–12
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Matthew 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.

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