18. But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.
19. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.
20. And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come. [Deut. 24:5.]
21. So the servant came and reported these [answers] to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.
22. And the servant [returning] said, Sir, what you have commanded me to do has been done, and yet there is room.