[_The_ MASTER _of the feast stands in his door and speaks to his servant._] _The Master:_ Go, bid my friends come to the supper, for all things are now ready! [_The servant bows; the_ MASTER _goes into the house. The servant walks down the street, and as he meets people he delivers his_ MASTER'S _message._] _Servant_ [_to the men as they come by_]: My Master bids thee come to his feast, for all things are now ready! [Illustration: FIG. 8.--The wise and foolish virgins] _First Man:_ Say to thy Master that I have bought a piece of land and must needs go and see it. I pray thee have me excused. [_The servant bows and the man passes on. The servant delivers the message to the second man._] _Second Man:_ I have bought five yoke of oxen; I must go to prove them. I pray thee have me excused. _Third Man:_ I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. [_The servant goes back to his_ MASTER'S _house; the_ MASTER _comes out to meet him._] _Servant_ [_falls on his knees before his_ MASTER]: O sir, I did as thou commandedst, but one by one they made excuse, and would not come to thy supper. One man had just bought a piece of land and must go to see it; another had bought five yoke of oxen, and was on his way to prove them; and another had just married a wife. All begged that thou excuse them. _Master_ [_shows great anger_]: What! They that are bidden refuse to come to my feast! Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the maimed, and the halt, and the blind! [_The_ MASTER _goes into his house, and the servant again walks down the street._] _Servant_ [_as he meets the lame, the halt, and the blind_]: Come! My Master invites you to a great supper, which is now prepared at his house! [_Each person, or group of persons, bows and thanks him with such remarks as_]-- _Maimed, Halt, Blind:_ We thank thee; we will be there. We gladly accept this invitation. [_The_ MASTER _stands in the door to receive his guests as they come. When they are all in, the servant comes back to his_ MASTER.] _Servant:_ Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. _Master:_ Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my supper! [_The servant bows_; _the_ MASTER _goes in._] END THE GOOD SAMARITAN SCENE I PLACE: The road from Jerusalem to Jericho. CHARACTERS: A Traveler, Thieves, a Priest, a Levite, a Samaritan.