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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by
parables, and said, The kingdom
of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to
call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they
would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants,
saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have
prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But
they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his
farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took
his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew
them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers,
and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants,
The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were
not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as
many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those
servants went out into the highways, and gathered
together all as many as they found, both bad and good:
and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he
saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not
having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot,
and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Matthew 22: 1-14 |
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