The servant came back and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house grew angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
In context
19Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen and I am on my way to try them out. Please accept my excuses.’ 20And another said, ‘I have just married a wife, and so I cannot come.’ 21The servant came back and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house grew angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’ 22The servant said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ 23So the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the roads and the hedgerows and press them to come in, so that my house may be full.
