Luke 14:12-24 - The Parable Of The Great Banquet

¹² And he said to the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for then they will invite you in return and you will be repaid. ¹³ But when you give an entertainment, invite people who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind. ¹⁴ Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the upright."

¹⁵ One of the other guests heard this, and said to him, "Blessed is the man who shall be at the banquet in the Kingdom of God!"

¹⁶ He said to him, "A man once gave a great dinner, and invited a large number to it, ¹⁷ and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

¹⁸ And they all immediately began to excuse themselves. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and look at it. Please have me excused.'

¹⁹ Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. Please have me excused.'

²⁰ Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'

²¹ So the slave went back, and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and squares of the city, and bring the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame in here!'

²² And the slave said, 'What you ordered, sir, has been done, and there is still room.'

²³ And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full. ²⁴ For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall have any of my dinner!' "