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So go out to the street-corners and invite to the banquet as many as you find.'
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The slaves went out into the streets, gathered all the people they could find, the bad along with the good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
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"Now when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who wasn't dressed for a wedding; so he asked him,
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`Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.
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Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark!' In that place people will wail and grind their teeth,
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for many are invited, but few are chosen."
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Then the P'rushim went away and put together a plan to trap Yeshua with his own words.
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They sent him some of their talmidim and some members of Herod's party. They said, "Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and really teach what God's way is. You aren't concerned with what other people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person's status.
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So tell us your opinion: does Torah permit paying taxes to the Roman Emperor or not?"
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Yeshua, however, knowing their malicious intent, said, "You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?
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Show me the coin used to pay the tax!" They brought him a denarius;