The Parable of the Wedding Feast (MAT 22:1-14)

[22:1] And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

[22:2] “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,

[22:3] and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

[22:4] Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’

[22:5] But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,

[22:6] while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

[22:7] The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

[22:8] Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

[22:9] Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

[22:10] And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

[22:11] “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.

[22:12] And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

[22:13] Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

[22:14] For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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