[Refrain - opening invitation] Come; for all things are now ready. The lamps are lit, the table is spread. Come; for all things are now ready. There is room in the master's house. [Verse 1 - three excuses] One bought a field and must go see it, One bought five yoke and must prove them, One has married and says he cannot come. With one consent the invited turn away. [Verse 2 - streets and roads] Go quickly through the streets and lanes: Bring the poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind. It is done, my lord, and yet there is room. Then highways, then hedges, let the house be filled. The first invited shall not taste the supper. [Bridge - turn to the multitude] Jesus turned to the multitude on the road: If any man come to Me, and hate not Father and mother, wife and children, Brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, He cannot be My disciple. Bear the cross, and come after Me. [Verse 3 - count the cost] Sit down before you build the tower; Count whether you have enough to finish. What king with ten thousand meets twenty? While the other is far off, seek the terms of peace. So likewise, forsake all that you have If you would be My disciple. [Breakdown - salt warning] Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its savour, What shall season it? It is cast out. [Outro - final call] Come; for all things are now ready. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.