Luke 14:15-24 - The Parable Of The Large Banquet

¹⁵ And one of those; who sat at table with Him, hearing these things, said unto Him, Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶ Upon which He said, A certain man made a great supper and invited many; ¹⁷ and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

¹⁸ And they all with one consent began to make excuses; the first said, I have bought a field, and I must go and see it, pray have me excused.

¹⁹ And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to try them, pray have me excused.

²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

²¹ So the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go directly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind.

²² And the servant said, Sir, it is done according to thine order, and still there is room.

²³ And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the high-ways and hedges, and press them to come in, that my house may be filled: ²⁴ for I tell you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste of my supper.