Parable of the Wedding Banquet

3 May 2012 · 2 min

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A retelling of the biblical parable where a host invites guests to a grand feast, but they all decline with excuses. Furious, he fills the banquet hall with the poor, crippled, blind, and lame from the streets instead, leaving the original invitees with nothing.

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A man once gave a great banquet and invited a lot of guests. When the banquet was ready, he sent a servant to tell the guests, "Everything is ready. Please come." One guest after another started making excuses. The first one said, "I bought some land and I've got to look it over. Please excuse me." Another guest said, "I bought 5 teams of oxen and I need to try them out. Please excuse me." Still another guest said, I've just gotten married and I can't be there. The servant told his master what happened. The master became so angry that he said, go as fast as you can to every street and alley in town. Bring in everyone who is poor or crippled or blind or lame. When the servant returned, he said, master, I've done what you told me and there is still plenty of room for more people. His master then told him, go out along the back roads and fence rows and make people come in so that my house will be full. Not one of the guests I first invited will even get a bite of my food. Wazzabi! Wazzabi! Wazzabi! Haha! Shabba!