So 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.’
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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!’”
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.
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.’
20Another said,‘I just got married, and I cannot come.’
2“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
3He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
4Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
5But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
8Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
9So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’
10And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.
13Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
7On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
45But if that slave should say to himself,‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,
46then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.
35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
15When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.
10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.
11So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.
26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.
37Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
31When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.
1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
2So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’
14The Parable of the Talents“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.
50then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,
10But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.
43Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.
9So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.
12Therefore he said,“A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
26But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?
30The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered,‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.