Luke 14:12-24

12He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

13But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

14Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

15When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

16But Jesus said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

17At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’

19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’

20Another said, ‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’

21So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

22Then the slave said, ‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’

23So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

24For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”