¹⁵ Now when^[a] one of those reclining at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who^[b] will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” ¹⁶ But he said to him, “A certain man was giving a large banquet and invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, ‘Come, because now it is ready!’ ¹⁸ And they all alike^[c] began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field, and I must^[d] go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.’ ¹⁹ And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.’ ²⁰ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.’ ²¹ And the slave came and^[e] reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and^[f] said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!’ ²² And the slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ ²³ And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and press them^[g] to come in, so that my house will be filled! ²⁴ For I say to you that none of those persons who were invited will taste my banquet!’”