The parable of the great banquet
   

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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.
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