Luke 14:12-24 - The Parable Of The Great Banquet
12 And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made 13 But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, 14 and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.
15 And a certain man of those dining together having heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God.
16 And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many. 17 And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready.
18 And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
21 And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and
22 And the bondman said, Lord, as thou commanded it has happened, and yet there is room.
23 And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the roads 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 will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few chosen.