Luke 14:17-21

The Parable of the Great Banquet

¹⁷ And at the time for the banquet he _i sent his servant ₁ to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' ¹⁸ But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.' ¹⁹ And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.' ²⁰ And another said, _j 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' ²¹ So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in _k the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

1. Cross References
   Esther 6:14
   While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
   Proverbs 9:3
   She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town.
   Proverbs 9:5
   Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:5
   When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 14:13
   But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.