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The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
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And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.
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Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
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But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
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And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
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But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.
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Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
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Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
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And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
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But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
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And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.