Matthew 22:2
NASB
Matt 22:2
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"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
Matt 22:3
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~"And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
Matt 22:4
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~"Again he sent out other slaves saying, `Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are {all} butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."'
Matt 22:5
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~"But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
Matt 22:6
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and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
Matt 22:7
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~"But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
Matt 22:8
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~"Then he *said to his slaves, `The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Matt 22:9
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~`Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find {there,} invite to the wedding feast.'
Matt 22:10
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~"Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.
Matt 22:11
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"But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
Matt 22:12
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and he *said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.
Matt 22:13
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~"Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Matt 22:14
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~"For many are called, but few {are} chosen."
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