The Greek noun doche refers to a reception, welcoming feast, or banquet — the kind of celebratory gathering thrown in someone's honor. It appears in the Gospels in the context of Levi's celebration after following Jesus.
Doche marks the transformation that follows an encounter with Christ. Luke 5:29 records that after Jesus called Levi, he 'held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.' The feast itself became an evangelistic opportunity — the old life was thrown open as a celebration of the new. This word reflects the biblical theme that the Kingdom of God is like a great feast (Luke 14:16-24), and that those who have been received by God respond by receiving others.