Jesus began to address them, once more using parables. The reign of God may be likened to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. he dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the wedding, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying: Tell those who are invited, See, I have my dinner prepared! My bullocks and cornfed cattle are killed; everything is ready. Come to the feast. Some ignored the invitation and went their way, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, insulted them, and killed them. At this the king grew furious and sent his army to destroy those murderers and burn their city. Then he said to his servants: The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unfit to come. That is why you must go out into the byroads and invite to the wedding anyone you come upon. The servants then went out into the byroads and rounded up everyone they met, bad or good. This filled the wedding hall with banqueters. " When the king came in to meet the guests, however, he caught sight of a man not properly dressed for a wedding feast. My friend , he said, how is it you came in here not properly dressed? The man had nothing to say. The king then said to the attendants, Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the night to wail and grind his teeth. The invited are many, the elect are few.
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