Luke 14:23

The Parable Of The Great Banquet

²² Presently the servant said 'Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.' ²³  'Go out,' the master said, 'into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled; ²⁴ For I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"

Compel Them to Come in

Highways and Hedges

Lord Said

Luke

Acts 13:47-48

For this is the Lord's command to us--'I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, a means of Salvation to the ends of the earth'."

Matthew 21:43

And that, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the Kingdom.

Matthew 22:9-10

So go to the cross-roads, and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'

Matthew 28:19-20

Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the Faith of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Luke 24:29

But they pressed him not to do so. "Stay with us," they said, "for it is getting towards evening, and the sun in already low." So Jesus went in to stay with them.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him: "Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my Name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.

Acts 10:44-48

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the Message.

Acts 11:18-21

On hearing this statement, they said no more, but broke out into praise of God. "So even to the Gentiles," they exclaimed, "God has granted the repentance which leads to Life!"

Acts 16:15

And, when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us to become her guests. "Since you have shown your conviction," she said, "that I really am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she insisted on our doing so.

Acts 18:6

However, as they set themselves against him and became abusive, Paul shook his clothes in protest and said to them: "Your blood be on your own heads. My conscience is clear. From this time forward I shall go to the Gentiles."

Acts 22:21-22

But Jesus said to me 'Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away'."

Acts 26:18-20

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God's People, by faith in me.'

Acts 28:28

Understand, then, that this Salvation of God was sent for the Gentiles; and they will listen."

Romans 10:18

But I ask 'Is it possible that men have never heard?' No, indeed, for--'Their voices spread through all the earth, and their Message to the very ends of the world.'

Romans 11:13-14

But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles.

Romans 15:9-12

And that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As Scripture says--'Therefore will I make acknowledgment to thee among the Gentiles and sing in honor of thy Name.'

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone's slave.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, because we know the fear inspired by the Lord, it is true that we are trying to win men, but our motives are plain to God; and I hope that in your inmost hearts they are plain to you also.

2 Corinthians 5:20

It is, then, on Christ's behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf--Be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Therefore, as God's fellow-workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving-kindness in vain.

Ephesians 2:11-22

Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

Colossians 1:23

If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Colossians 1:28

This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning every one, and instructing every one, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing every one into God's presence perfected by union with Christ.

2 Timothy 4:2

Proclaim the Message, be ready in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, encourage, never failing to instruct with forbearance.