The king's servants who went out into the highways "gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good." It was a mixed company. Some of them had no more real regard for the giver of the feast than had the ones who rejected the call. The class first bidden could not afford, they thought, to sacrifice any worldly advantage for the sake of attending the king's banquet. And of those who accepted the invitation, there were some who thought only of benefiting themselves. They came to share the provisions of the feast, but had no desire to honor the king.

Kongens tjenere, der gik ud på vejene, "samlede alle dem, de traf på, både onde og gode". Det var et blandet selskab. Nogle af dem havde ikke mere agtelse for den, der indbød til festen, end der var blevet udvist af dem, der afslog indbydelsen. De første, der var blevet indbudt, mente ikke, at de havde råd til at give afkald på nogen som helst jordisk fordel for at være til stede ved kongens festmåltid, og blandt dem, der tog imod indbydelsen, var der nogle, som kun tænkte på deres egen fordel. De kom for at nyde festens goder men nærede intet ønske om at ære kongen.