Matthew 22:2-13

2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

3He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

4Again, he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

5“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business,

6while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.

8“Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

9Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’

10So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

11When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

12So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

13“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’