15. When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed! ”
16. Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.
17. At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
18. “But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
19. “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m going to try them out. I ask you to excuse me.’
20. “And another said, ‘I just got married, and therefore I’m unable to come.’