Luke 13:29
Good News Translation
People will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God.

New Revised Standard Version
Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

Contemporary English Version
People will come from all directions and sit down to feast in God's kingdom.

New American Bible
And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south: and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south: and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.

Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Isaiah 54:2,3 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. . . .

Isaiah 66:18-20 But I know their works, and their thoughts: I come that I may gather them together with all nations and tongues: and they shall come and shall see my glory. . . .

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mark 13:27 And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore to you that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles: and they will hear it.

Ephesians 3:6-8 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body: and copartners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel . . .

Colossians 1:6,23 Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth. . . .

Revelation 7:9,10 After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. . . .

Context
The Narrow Door
28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God: and you yourselves thrust out. 29And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south: and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last.…
Cross References
Matthew 8:11
And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:

Luke 13:30
And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first that shall be last.

Luke 13:28
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