Matthew 22:5-15

5 But ¹they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,

6 while the rest seized his servants, ²treated them shamefully, and ³killed them.

7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and ⁴destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not ⁵worthy.

9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. ’

10 And those servants went out into the roads and ⁶gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there ⁷a man who had no wedding garment.

12 And he said to him, ⁸‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? ’ And he was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and ⁹cast him into the outer darkness. In that place ¹⁰there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ’

14 For many are ¹¹called, but few are ¹²chosen. ”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ¹³Then the Pharisees went and plotted how ¹⁴to entangle him in his words.