¹⁶Jesus said to him, “A man gave a big banquet and invited many people. ¹⁷When it was time to eat, the man sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come. Everything is ready.’

¹⁸“But all the guests made excuses. The first one said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go look at it. Please excuse me.’ ¹⁹Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen; I must go and try them. Please excuse me.’ ²⁰A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’ ²¹So the servant returned and told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Go at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ ²²Later the servant said to him, ‘Master, I did what you commanded, but we still have room.’ ²³The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes, and urge the people there to come so my house will be full. ²⁴I tell you, none of those whom I invited first will eat with me.’ ”

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