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The parable of the
great banquet in Luke, in which the invited guests make false
excuses. The master is angry and sends his servant to the streets
of the town to collect the poor, the lame and the blind. There
is still room, and he is sent to the by ways and hedgerows to
bring wanderers and foreigners to the feast. The heavenly banquet
is a recurrent figure in the Hebrew testament. As with all the
parables there are many layers of meaning.in Luke, in which
the invited guests make false excuses. The master is angry and
sends his servant to the streets of the town to collect the
poor, the lame and the blind. There is still room, and he is
sent to the by ways and hedgerows to bring wanderers and foreigners
to the feast. The heavenly banquet is a recurrent figure in
the Hebrew testament. As with all the parables there are many
layers of meaning. |