Luke 14:15-17

Expanded Bible

A Story About a Big Banquet^(A)

¹⁵ One of those ·at the table [^Lreclining; see 5:29] with Jesus heard these things and said to him, “·Blessed [Happy] are the people who will ·share in the meal [^Leat bread] in God’s kingdom [^Can allusion to the messianic banquet at the end of time; see 13:29; Is. 25:6–8].”

¹⁶ Jesus said to him, “A man gave a ·big [great] banquet and invited many people. ¹⁷ When it was time to eat, the man sent his ·servant [slave] to tell the guests [^Cwho had accepted the invitation], ‘Come. Everything is ready.’