13. Instead, when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
14. Then you will be blessed, because they have nothing and cannot pay you back. But you will be repaid when the good people rise from the dead.”
15. One of those at the table with Jesus heard these things and said to him, “Blessed are the people who will share in the meal in God’s kingdom.”
16. Jesus said to him, “A man gave a big banquet and invited many people.
17. When it was time to eat, the man sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come. Everything is ready.’
18. “But all the guests made excuses. The first one said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go look at it. Please excuse me.’