Matthew 22:1-14
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And again Jesus aspoke to them in parables, saying, 2 a“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave ba wedding feast for his son, 3 and asent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 aAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my bdinner, cmy oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But athey paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, atreated them shamefully, and bkilled them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and adestroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not aworthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads and agathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there aa man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, a‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and acast him into the outer darkness. In that place athere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are acalled, but few are achosen.”
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