mnt - Matthew:22:1-14

mnt@Matthew:22:1 @ Once more Jesus answered them in parables.

mnt@Matthew:22:2 @ "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who made a wedding-feast for his son.

mnt@Matthew:22:3 @ "He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come.

mnt@Matthew:22:4 @ "Again he sent out other slaves. Tell the invited guests, he said, that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.

mnt@Matthew:22:5 @ "They, however, paid no attention, but went off, one to his own farm, another to his business;

mnt@Matthew:22:6 @ "while the rest seized his slaves and maltreated and murdered them.

mnt@Matthew:22:7 @ "Then the kings wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

mnt@Matthew:22:8 @ "Then he said to his slaves, "The wedding-feast indeed is ready, but the invited guests were not worthy.

mnt@Matthew:22:9 @ "So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.

mnt@Matthew:22:10 @ "So those slaves went out into the roads, and gathered together all whom they found, good or bad, and the banquet-hall was filled with the guests.

mnt@Matthew:22:11 @ "Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him,

mnt@Matthew:22:12 @ "Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment? "The man was speechless.

mnt@Matthew:22:13 @ "Bind him hand and foot, said the king to his officers, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.

mnt@Matthew:22:14 @ "For there are many called, but few are chosen."