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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
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“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
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“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
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The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
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The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
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So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’