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And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said :
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The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son ,
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and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding ;
and they were not willing to come .
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Again ,
he sent out other servants ,
saying , "
Tell those who are invited , "
See ,
I have prepared my dinner ;
my oxen and fatted cattle are killed ,
and all things are ready .
Come to the wedding ."'
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But they made light of it and went their ways ,
one to his own farm ,
another to his business .
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And the rest seized his servants ,
treated them spitefully ,
and killed them .
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But when the king heard about it ,
he was furious .
And he sent out his armies ,
destroyed those murderers ,
and burned up their city .
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Then he said to his servants , "
The wedding is ready ,
but those who were invited were not worthy .
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Therefore go into the highways ,
and as many as you find ,
invite to the wedding .'
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So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found ,
both bad and good .
And the wedding hall was filled with guests .
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But when the king came in to see the guests ,
he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment .
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So he said to him , "
Friend ,
how did you come in here without a wedding garment ?'
And he was speechless .
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Then the king said to the servants , "
Bind him hand and foot ,
take him away ,
and cast him into outer darkness ;
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .'
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For many are called ,
but few are chosen ."