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Jesus again used parables in talking to the people.
(Mat 22:1 GNB)
"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
(Mat 22:2 GNB)
He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.
(Mat 22:3 GNB)
So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: 'My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!'
(Mat 22:4 GNB)
But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store,
(Mat 22:5 GNB)
while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.
(Mat 22:6 GNB)
The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.
(Mat 22:7 GNB)
Then he called his servants and said to them, 'My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.
(Mat 22:8 GNB)
Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.'
(Mat 22:9 GNB)
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
(Mat 22:10 GNB)
"The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.
(Mat 22:11 GNB)
'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' the king asked him. But the man said nothing.
(Mat 22:12 GNB)
Then the king told the servants, 'Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.' "
(Mat 22:13 GNB)
And Jesus concluded, "Many are invited, but few are chosen."
(Mat 22:14 GNB)
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