18. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go and see it; I pray thee have me excused.
19. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.
20. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21. So that slave came and showed his lord these things. Then the husband of the house, being angry, said to his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind.
22. And the slave said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.