20. A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’
21. So the servant returned and told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Go at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
22. Later the servant said to him, ‘Master, I did what you commanded, but we still have room.’
23. The master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes, and urge the people there to come so my house will be full.
24. I tell you, none of those whom I invited first will eat with me.’ ”
25. Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them,
26. “If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.