New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus said to him, “Someone gave a great dinner and invited many.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told him: A man once gave a great banquet and invited a lot of guests.

New American Bible
He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

A certain.

Proverbs 9:1,2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table. . . .

Isaiah 25:6,7 And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees. . . .

Jeremiah 31:12-14 And they shall come, and shall give praise in mount Sion: and they shall flow together to the good things of the Lord, for the corn, and wine, and oil, and the increase of cattle and herds, and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall be hungry no more. . . .

Zechariah 10:7 And they shall be as the valiant men of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: and their children shall see, and shall rejoice, and their heart shall be joyful in the Lord.

Matthew 22:2-14 The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who made a marriage for his son. . . .

bade.

Songs 5:1 Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

Isaiah 55:1-7 All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price. . . .

Mark 16:15,16 And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. . . .

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him: and he with me.

Revelation 22:17 And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let him say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come. And he that will, let him take the water of life, freely.