J30 The Parables 3 Poem by Simple Simon

Jesus noticed how some guests
Were choosing best seats,
So, he told them a parable,
How one should be simple?

“For a wedding feast
When someone invites
Never take any seat
Kept for main guest.”

“Your host may request
You to take another seat
When that special guest
Arrives to take his seat.”

“When you sit in a seat
Of all the ones, the lowest,
There’s a chance, your host
May offer one, the highest.”
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“When you give a lunch
Don’t invite all the rich,
Who’ll pay you back
What they had took.”

“If you invite the poor,
He can’t pay you here,
But the Lord will repay
You on the chosen day.”

JESUS TOLD THIS STORY

“Once a rich man sent
And his servant went
To invite as guests
His people for a feast.”

“One friend said, “Sorry,
I’m now very busy.
My lands, I’ve to visit.
I can’t come to the feast.”

“Another said, “I can’t.
My apologies, please accept.
Five pairs of oxen, I bought.
Which I’m now taking out.”

“Another one said, “I’m just
Married and I can’t
Come to the feast
As I’m going out.”

“When servant told like this
The master became furious.
Next, he invited the people
Poor, blind, lame, cripple.”

“His house became full
And those poor people
Blessed the host well
And ate stomach-full.”