Luke 14:16–23

¹⁶But he said to him, “A certain man was giving a large banquet and invited many. ¹⁷And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, ‘Come, because now it is ready!’ ¹⁸And they all alike^f began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field, and I must^g go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.’ ¹⁹And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.’ ²⁰And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.’ ²¹And the slave came and^* reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and^* said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!’ ²²And the slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ ²³And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and press them^* to come in, so that my house will be filled!