Catholic Public Domain Version
"So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many. "
— Luke 14:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:”
“But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many: ”
“But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.”
“But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.”
“But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and invited many.”
“And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.”
“Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:”
But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.
And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”
When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”
So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many.
And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’