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And when one of them that sate at meate with him, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is hee that shall eate bread in the kingdom of God.

Then said hee vnto him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many:

And sent his seruant at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse: The first said vnto him, I haue bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goe and see it: I pray thee haue me excused.

And another said, I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I goe to prooue them: I pray thee haue me excused.

And another said, I haue maried a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

So that seruant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, sayde to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

And the seruant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is roume.

And the Lord said vnto the seruant, Goe out into the high wayes and hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be filled.

For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.