And the slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem.
So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Then the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.