While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.

And [although] the king was distressed, because of his oaths and his {dinner guests} he commanded [the request] to be granted.

At evening his disciples came to him, saying, this is a desert place, and dinner-time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go to buy themselves provisions in the villages.

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

And those slaves went out into the roads [and] gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled {with dinner guests}.

But [when] the king came in to see the {dinner guests}, he saw a man there not dressed [in] wedding clothes.

and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,

a woman with an alabaster [i.e., stone] jar of very expensive perfume came to Him and poured it on His head as He reclined at the dinner table. [Note: See Matt. 23:6]

Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the dinner table with His twelve apostles.