Matthew 22:2–14

^2p“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave ^qa wedding feast for his son, ³and ^rsent his servants¹ to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. ^4sAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my ^tdinner, ^umy oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’ ⁵But ^vthey paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, ⁶while the rest seized his servants, ^wtreated them shamefully, and ^xkilled them. ⁷The king was angry, and he sent his troops and ^ydestroyed those murderers and burned their city. ⁸Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not ^zworthy. ⁹Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ ¹⁰And those servants went out into the roads and ^bgathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

¹¹“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there ^ca man who had no wedding garment. ¹²And he said to him, ^d‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and ^ecast him into the outer darkness. In that place ^ethere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ ¹⁴For many are ^fcalled, but few are ^fchosen.”