Luke 14:15-24
15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to
Him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!
16 Then He said to him, A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, 17 and
sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come, for all
things are now ready. 18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The
first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask
you to have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen,
and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused. 20 Still another said,
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21 So that servant came
and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said
to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in
here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind. 22 And the servant said,
Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room. 23 Then the
master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to
come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say to you that none of those men who were
invited shall taste my supper.
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