Matthew 22:1-8

1 Yeshua again used parables in speaking to them:

2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son,

3 but when he sent his slaves to summon the invited guests to the wedding, they refused to come.

4 So he sent some more slaves, instructing them to tell the guests, `Look, I've prepared my banquet, I've slaughtered my bulls and my fattened cattle, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding!'

5 But they weren't interested and went off, one to his farm, another to his business;

6 and the rest grabbed his slaves, mistreated them and killed them.

7 The king was furious and sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.

8 "Then he said to his slaves, `Well, the wedding feast is ready; but the ones who were invited didn't deserve it.