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"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son,
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but when he sent his slaves to summon the invited guests to the wedding, they refused to come.
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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!'
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But they weren't interested and went off, one to his farm, another to his business;
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and the rest grabbed his slaves, mistreated them and killed them.
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The king was furious and sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.
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"Then he said to his slaves, `Well, the wedding feast is ready; but the ones who were invited didn't deserve it.
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So go out to the street-corners and invite to the banquet as many as you find.'