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But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.
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Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
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“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
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And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honor.
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Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’
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So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
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“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
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‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.
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Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’