The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:
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"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
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He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn't want to come.
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Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I've prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet. '
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"But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
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And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.
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The king was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.
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"Then he told his slaves, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.