Luke
14:1–24 “1 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the
rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him
closely. 2 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had
dropsy. 3 And Jesus, answering,
spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is
it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” 4 But
they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.
5 Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into
a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?” 6 And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
7 So He told a parable to those who were
invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding
feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be
invited by him; 9 and he who invited
you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin
with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest
place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up
higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table
with you. 11 For whoever exalts
himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” 12
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends,
your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you
back, and you be repaid. 13 But when
you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the
blind. 14 And you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of
the just.” 15 Now when one of those
who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is
he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 Then He said to him, “A
certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17 and sent his servant (slave) at supper time to say to those who
were invited, ‘Come,
for all things are now ready.’ 18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first
said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask
you to have
me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought
five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ 20 Still another said, ‘I have married
a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 So that servant (slave) came and reported these things to
his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant (slave), ‘Go out quickly into the streets
and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed
and the lame and the blind.’ 22 And the servant (slave) said, ‘Master, it is done as you
commanded, and still there is room.’ 23 Then the master said to the servant (slave), ‘Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say to you that none of those
men who were invited shall taste my supper.’””
Book #42 (03 NT)
Avg reading time-02 Hours, 16 Minutes
Number of chapters-24
Number of verses- 1,151
Author-Luke
Date-60ad
Audience-Theophilus and Gentile Christians
Jesus-Luke 19:10 “the Son of Man”
Luke (Light) The Book of the Son of Man-Luke 19:10 Dr. Luke (Colossians 4:4) writes this Gospel to confirm the faith of
Theophilus, showing him that his faith in Jesus was not based on fables but of
well-founded historical facts (Luke 1:3-4) and to present Jesus as the Son of
Man (emphasizing the humanity and humility of Jesus) who was rejected by
Israel. Because of this rejection by Israel, Jesus was also preached to the
Gentiles so that they could know God personally and receive salvation.
Esther
5:8 “8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it
pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king
and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I
will do as the king has said.””
Isaiah
25:6 “6 And in this mountain YHWH of hosts will make for all
people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things
full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.”
Isaiah
55:1–3
“1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come
to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy
wine and milk Without money and without price. 2 Why
do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what
does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let
your soul delight itself in abundance. 3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul
shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies
of David.”
Isaiah
65:3–7
“3 A people who provoke Me to
anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on
altars of brick; 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the
tombs; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in
their vessels; 5 Who say, ‘Keep
to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!’ These are
smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. 6 “Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep
silence, but will repay— Even repay into their bosom— 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers
together,” Says YHWH, “Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed
Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.””
Proverbs
9:1–6 “1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven
pillars; 2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She
has also furnished her table. 3 She
has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 “Whoever is simple, let him
turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come, eat of my bread And drink of
the wine I have mixed. 6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the
way of understanding.”
Revelation
3:20 “20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with
Me.”
2
Corinthians 11:2 “2 For I am jealous for you with
godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you
as a chaste virgin to Christ.”
Revelation
19:5–10
“5 Then a voice came from the
throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants (slaves) and those who fear Him, both
small and great!” 6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude,
as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying,
“Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8
And to her it was granted to be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the
saints. 9 Then he said to me,
“Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the
Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he
said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow
servant (slave), and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship
God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.””
This is displayed for us in Esther 6:14 when the king’s eunuchs come to
Haman to bring him to the banquet which Ester had prepared and invited him in Esther 5:8.
Esther
6:14 “14 While they were still
talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet
which Esther had prepared.”
Go ahead
and turn back to our text, and Let’s look again at the three excuses,
each more
flimsy than the other.[7]
Excuse Number One: The cares of this world
Deuteronomy
24:5 “5 “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to
war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and
bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.”
1
Corinthians 7:33 “33 But he
who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his
wife.”
Luke 8:14 “14 “The seed which
fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on
their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life,
and bring no fruit to maturity.”
Romans
11:25 “25 For I do not desire, brethren,
that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your
own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness
of the Gentiles has come in.”
2
Corinthians 3:12–18 “12 Therefore, since we have such
hope, we use great boldness of speech—13 unlike Moses, who put a
veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at
the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were
blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of
the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15
But even to this day, when Moses is read, a
veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless
when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror
the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to
glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
Luke 13:34–35 “34 “O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are
sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers
her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say
to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed
is He who comes in the name of YHWH!’ ””
The Christian life is a feast, not a funeral, and all are
invited to come. Each of us as believers must herald abroad the message, “Come,
for all things are now ready!” God wants to see His house filled, and “yet
there is room.” He wants us to go home (Mark
5:19), go into the streets and lanes (Luke 14:21), go into the highways and hedges (Luke 14:23),
and go into all the world (Mark 16:15)
with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. [20]
This parable was the text of the last sermon D.L. Moody
preached, “Excuses.” It was given on November 23, 1899 in the Civic Auditorium
in Kansas City, and Moody was a sick man as he preached. “I must have souls in
Kansas City,” he told the students at his school in Chicago. “Never, never have
I wanted so much to lead men and women to Christ as I do this time!” There was
a throbbing in his chest, and he had to hold to the organ to keep from falling,
but Moody bravely preached the Gospel; and some fifty people responded to trust
Christ. The next day, Moody left for home, and a month later he died. Up to the
very end, Moody was “compelling them to come in.”[21]
Closing Prayer
We will close with the prayer from
Galatians 1:3–5: “3 Grace to you and peace from
God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our
sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the
will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and
ever. Amen.” Maranatha (1 Corinthians 16:22), Come Quickly LORD Jesus!
Amen
[1] Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The
Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p.
243). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[4] Walvoord, J. F. (1985). Revelation. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures
(Vol. 2, pp. 974). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[13] Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The
Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p.
243). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[16] Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The
Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p.
243). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
[19] Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke.
In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The
Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p.
243). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
