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20 Still another said, ‘I’ve married a wife, so I cannot come.’[a]

21 “The slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house got angry and said to his slave, ‘Quickly go out into the squares and alleys of the city and bring here the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.’

22 “And the slave said, ‘Master, I have done as you instructed, and still there is room.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 14:20 cf. Deut. 20:5-7; 24:5.

20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’(A)

22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’

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