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Matthew 22:1

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 22:2

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who held a wedding feast for his son.

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Matthew 22:3

"And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

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Matthew 22:4

"Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!"'

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Matthew 22:5

"But they paid no attention and went their separate ways, one to his own farm, another to his business,

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Matthew 22:6

and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and then killed them.

Matthew 22:7

"Now the king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

Matthew 22:8

"Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Matthew 22:9

'So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.'

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Matthew 22:10

"Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

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Matthew 22:11

"But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

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Matthew 22:12

and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.

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Matthew 22:13

"Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.'

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Matthew 22:14

"For many are called, but few are chosen."

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