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The banquet parable says business people miss the divine feast because they are too absorbed in money, property, rent, and worldly success.
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Banquet
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"...is going to get married, and I am to prepare the banquet. I should not be able to come. I asked to be excused..."
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"I have just bought a farm, and I am on my way to collect the rent. I should not be able to come. I..."
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"Okay, so again, this goes against the empire. What Jesus is saying is, the worst people in this world are the rich people. Think..."
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"They may look happy, but they're not. At the end of days, when we all go back to the Monad, we all go back..."
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"...great and glorious princes give greeting to each other praising the banquet that is offered them on high but when they're sad but when..."
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"...weekend cooking the most sumptuous meal ever it's a 10 course banquet and i'm really excited to um have you enjoy this meal and..."
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"...my house. So I cook you this elaborate meal, 10 -course banquet, like the greatest food you'll ever have. And you come into my..."
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"...the Carthaginians and Diddle are extremely hospitable to Aeneas this huge banquet and Aeneas is telling her of the story of the fall of..."
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"...friend invites you to his house and you see this sumptuous banquet. OK, it's like just this most elaborate dinner and you're embarrassed by..."
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"...But before he goes home, as a custom, they host a banquet for him. Okay? And they really don't know who he is."
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"They don't really know he's Odysseus. All right? So, during the banquet, what's the tradition is have a bard sing a great story. Okay?..."
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"Okay, so there's this great banquet, and the bard sings about the Trojan War. And at this point you would think that Odysseus would..."
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