Matthew 22:2–14

²“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.^{* 3}He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come.^{* 4}Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.’^{* 5}But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, ⁶while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. ⁷The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.^{* 8}Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.^{* 9}Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ ¹⁰Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad, so the wedding hall was filled with guests.^*

¹¹“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe,^{* 12}and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless.^{* 13}Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’^{* 14}For many are called, but few are chosen.”