The man (God) has not yet given up on the Jews, even though the first chosen ones have rejected his invitation. Now we should understand that in the streets and the lanes of the city there are only other Jews. Then moving on in the parable we see that the man sends His slave out into the streets and lanes of the city. Each one has an excuse as to why they cannot come, they think they are good reasons but we will see that they are not. So it is the Jews that got the first invitation to the dinner and those are the ones that made the excuses. The people that Jesus was sent to are the Jews. First I think that most of us could see that the man who was giving the banquet is God and the slave that He sent out is Jesus. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’ ” “And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ “And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ “And the slave came back and reported this to his master. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it please consider me excused.’ “Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out please consider me excused.’ “Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come for everything is ready now.’ “But they all alike began to make excuses.

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