Rachel Workman: 15 Hearing this, a man sitting at the
table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet[c]
in the Kingdom of God!”
16 Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and
sent out many invitations. 17 When the banquet was ready, he sent his
servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’ 18 But they all began making excuses. One
said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’
19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five
pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’ 20 Another said, ‘I just got married, so I
can’t come.’When the time comes to meet Jesus there will be no more room for excuses. Either you choose to believe or you didn't.
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John Burnett: 5 When one of those who were
reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him,
“Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
Parable
of the Dinner
16 But He said to him, “A man was giving a big
dinner, and he invited many; 17 and at the dinner hour
he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything
is ready now.’ 18 But they all alike began to make
excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a [a]piece of land and I need to go out and
look at it; [b]please consider me excused.’ 19 Another
one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; [c]please consider me excused.’ 20 Another
one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ Jesus Christ paid the price
for us and invites us to the biggest party in history to ever be thrown, yet
people make excuses on why they don’t want to go. The world wants to do
it’s own thing and will be excused for eternal torment because they didn’t
accept the free gift of salvation. Thank you Lord Jesus for my Salvation
and the right to spend eternity with You in paradise.
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Mike Grimm: he Parable of the Great Banquet
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this,
he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the
kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a
great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the
time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited,
‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first
said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of
oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t
come.’
In Jesus’ story, many people turned
down the invitation to the banquet because the timing was inconvenient. We too
can resist or delay responding to God’s invitation, and our excuses may sound reasonable…to
us—work duties, family responsibilities, financial needs, or whatever they may
be. Nevertheless, God’s invitation is the most important event in our lives, no
matter how inconveniently it may be timed. Are we making excuses to avoid
responding to God’s call? I know I do, especially during the college football
season. But Jesus reminds me that the time will come when God will, if He
hasn’t already, pull His invitation and offer it to others—then it will be too
late to get into the banquet.
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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 14:21-24
21 “The servant returned and told his
master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into
the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the
blind, and the lame.’ 22 After the servant had done this, he
reported, ‘There is still room for more.’ 23 So his master
said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you
find to come, so that the house will be full. 24 For none of
those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”
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