Chapter 18—“Go Into the Highways and Hedges” This chapter is based on Luke 14:1 , 12-24 . The Saviour was a guest at the feast of a Pharisee. He accepted invitations from the rich as well as the poor, and according to His custom He linked the scene before Him with His lessons of truth. Among the Jews the sacred feast was connected with all their seasons of national and religious rejoicing. It was to them a type of the blessings of eternal life. The great feast at which they were to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, while the Gentiles stood without, and looked on with longing eyes, was a theme on which they delighted to dwell. The lesson of warning and instruction which Christ desired to give, He now illustrated by the parable of a great supper. The blessings of God, both for the present and for the future life, the Jews thought to shut up to themselves. They denied God's mercy to the Gentiles. By the parable Christ showed that they were themselves at that very time rejecting the…
"And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him."
The EGW passage explicitly states that the chapter is based on Luke 14:1, 12-24, and the provided verse (Luke 14:1) is indeed part of that passage. The EGW passage sets the scene for the parable of the great supper, which begins in Luke 14:1.
"Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee."
The EGW passage explicitly states that the chapter is based on Luke 14:1, 12-24, and the provided verse (Luke 14:12) is indeed part of that passage. The EGW passage introduces the context of the parable of the great supper, which includes the instruction in Luke 14:12.
"For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper."
The EGW passage explicitly states that the chapter is based on Luke 14:1, 12-24, and the provided verse (Luke 14:24) is indeed part of that passage. The EGW passage refers to the parable of the great supper, which concludes with the statement in Luke 14:24.