Matthew 22:2-13

2“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who made a wedding feast for his son.

3He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.

4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who were invited, “Look, I’ve prepared my meal. My oxen and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’

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

6And the rest grabbed his servants, humiliated them, and killed them.

7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city.

8“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

9So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’

10And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

11“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes.

12‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.

13Then the king said to his servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’