Luke 14:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come [^Cwhile newly married men were exempt from certain duties (Deut. 24:5), that is not a valid excuse for offending the host].’ ²¹ So the ·servant [slave] returned and told his master what had happened. Then the master [^Lof the household] became angry and said, ‘Go at once into the ·streets [squares] and ·alleys [lanes] of the town, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ ²² ·Later [^LAnd] the ·servant [slave] said to him, ‘Master, I did what you commanded, but we still have room.’