17. And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
18. And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: 'I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.'
19. And another said: 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.'
20. And another said, 'I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.'
21. And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: 'Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.'