Luke 14:16-24

¹⁶But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; ¹⁷and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’ ¹⁸And yet they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I purchased a field and I need to go out to look at it; please consider me excused.’ ¹⁹And another one said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ ²⁰And another one said, ‘I took a woman as my wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ ²¹And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here those who are poor, those with disabilities, those who are blind, and those who are limping.’ ²²And later the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ ²³And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges and press upon them to come in, so that my house will be filled. ²⁴For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my dinner.’ ”