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And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,
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The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage
feast for his son
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and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.
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Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and
my fatlings
are killed, and all things
are ready; come unto the marriage.
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But they made light of
it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,
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and the others took his slaves and entreated
them spitefully and slew
them.
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But when the king heard
of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.
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Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.