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Do you see a connection between Deuteronomy 20:5-8 (what the officials say to the army before a war) and Jesus’ story of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:18-20? In Deuteronomy, the same excuses are offered for not participating that are offered by the wedding guests. In the OT, the excuses are deemed valid but not in the NT. Do you see this as another example of Jesus taking the OT and re-interpreting it with a different outcome?
