Luke 14:15-24

The parable of the Great Supper -- Luke 14:15-24: Jesus mentioned "the resurrection of the just." This prompted one who was present at the meal to say, "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus gave the parable of the great supper in response to his statement. Jesus said, "When the supper was ready, he sent a servant to tell the guests, "Everything is ready! Please come." One person after another declined the invitation, offering feeble excuses. One had bought a field, another had bought some oxen and another was just married. The servant told his master what happened. The master became so angry that he said, "To his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind." After this there was still room. The master said, "Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper." The promise of the kingdom had been given to the Jews but they had made excuses and rejected it. In John 1:11-12 we read, "He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." The parable indicated that failure to respond to the Lord Jesus leads to eternal loss.