Kingdom of heaven and wedding banquet

Matthew 22:1-14
[1]Jesus again used parables in talking to the people.
[2]“The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
[3]He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.
[4]So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my bullocks and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’
[5]But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his shop,
[6]while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.
[7]The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burnt down their city.
[8]Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.
[9]Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’
[10]So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
[11]“The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.
[12]‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing.
[13]Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and grind his teeth.’ ”
[14]And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

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