Matthew 22:1-8

1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

2 The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

3 and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

4 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.

5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

6 and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

7 But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

8 Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.