Quotes About Invitation

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

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

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ëI have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.í

Still another said, ëI have married a wife, so I cannot come.í

The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ëGo out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.í

ëSir,í the servant replied, ëwhat you ordered has been done, and there is still room.í

So the master told his servant, ëGo out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.í”

When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.

“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.