Matthew 22:1–14 · BSB
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Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
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Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
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But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
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The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
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The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
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Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
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Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
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So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
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But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
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‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
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Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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