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The Parable of the Great Supper
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard
these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall
eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Then said he unto him, A certain
man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his
servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,
Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with
one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto
him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs
go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another
said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I
have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So
that servant came, and shewed his lord these things.
Then the master of the house being angry said to his
servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of
the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed,
and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord,
it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into
the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That
none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my
supper.
Luke 14: 15-24
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