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Luke 14:16

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Luke 14:16

& But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

Luke 14:17

& and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, `Come; for everything is ready now.'

Luke 14:18

& ~"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, `I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

Luke 14:19

& ~"Another one said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.'

Luke 14:20

& ~"Another one said, `I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'

Luke 14:21

& ~"And 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 the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

Luke 14:22

& ~"And the slave said, `Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

Luke 14:23

& ~"And the master said to the slave, `Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel {them} to come in, so that my house may be filled.