'Feast' in the Bible

The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.

And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

Now in the middle of the feast Jesus went up to the Temple and was teaching.

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.

And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;