The Parable of the Wedding Feast

22 Once again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son. 3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and the fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’ 5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own field and another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7 [fn]When the king heard about it, he was furious. So he sent his armies, who destroyed those murderers and burned down their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to where the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding feast anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out to the roads and gathered together all whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding feast was filled with guests.

11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not clothed with a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did yoʋ come in here without a wedding garment?’ But the man was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind his [fn]feet and hands, [fn]take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”