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¹Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

²"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

³and sent forth his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

⁴Again he sent forth other servants, saying, `Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."`

⁵But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

⁶and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

⁷But the king was angry, and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁸Then he said to his servants, `The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.

⁹Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.`

¹⁰Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn`t have on wedding-clothing,

¹²and he said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here not having wedding-clothing?` He was speechless.

¹³Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.`

¹⁴For many are called, but few chosen."