Luke 22:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ For I tell you, I will not eat it again until [I do so when] it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God [See Matt. 26:29].”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For I say to you, I shall eat it no more until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I tell you, I won’t eat it until it is fulfilled in God’s kingdom.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For I say to you, that from this time, I will not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

Luke 22:16 Cross References

Revelation 19:9

Then the angel said to me [See 17:1; 18:1-2], “Write [this]: Those who are invited to the wedding reception of the Lamb are blessed.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Luke 14:15

And when one of the people who were reclining at the [supper] table with Jesus heard this, he said to Him, “The person who will eat bread in the [coming] kingdom of God is [certainly] blessed.”

Luke 22:30

so you can eat and drink at my table in my [coming] kingdom. [Also] you will sit on [twelve] thrones [See Matt. 19:28], judging the twelve tribes of Israel [i.e., judging God’s people through their writings].

Acts 10:41

not to everyone, but to us [apostles] who were specially chosen by God to be witnesses [of His resurrected body], and to eat and drink with Him after He arose from the dead.

John 6:27

Do not work for the [kind of] food that spoils, but for the kind that lasts until never ending life. The Son of man will give you this [kind of food], for God the Father has placed His seal [of approval] on Him.”

Luke 12:37

Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them.

Luke 22:15

And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover meal with you [men] before I suffer [i.e., torture and death].

Luke 22:18

for I tell you, I will not drink this fruit of the vine [i.e., grape juice] from now on until [I do, figuratively, when] the kingdom of God has come.”