CAB(i)
16 Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great dinner, and he invited many,
17 and he sent his servant at dinnertime to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'
18 But they all with one accord began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I must go and see it. I ask you, have me excused.'
19 And another said, 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you, have me excused.'
20 Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.'
22 And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.'
23 Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 For I say to you that none of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.' "