Matthew 22:2–14

²“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, ³and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. ⁴Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; ^bmy oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ ⁵But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. ⁶And the rest seized his servants, treated them ¹spitefully, and killed them. ⁷But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out ^chis armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. ⁸Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not ^dworthy. ⁹Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ ¹⁰So those servants went out into the highways and ^egathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

¹¹“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there ^fwho did not have on a wedding garment. ¹²So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was ^gspeechless. ¹³Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, ²take him away, and cast him ^hinto outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹⁴ⁱ“For many are called, but few are chosen.”