17. and he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all is now ready.’
18. “But one by one they all began making excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’
19. “And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you to have me excused.’
20. “And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.’
21. “And that servant came and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house, being wroth, said to his servant, ‘Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and crippled, and lame, and blind.’