Luke 14:15-24 (NRSV)
One
of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, "Blessed is anyone
who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!" Then Jesus said to him, "Someone
gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent
his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is
ready now.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him,
'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept
my regrets.' Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going
to try them out; please accept my regrets.' Another said, 'I have just been
married, and therefore I cannot come.' So the slave returned and reported
this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to
his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring
in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' And the slave said,
'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.' Then the
master said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people
to come in, so that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those
who were invited will taste my dinner.'"
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