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([[Mt 22:1-10]]; [[Lk 14:16-24]]) 

:[[Mt 22:1]] ¶ And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
:[[Mt 22:2]] The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
:[[Mt 22:3]] And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
:[[Mt 22:4]] Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.
:[[Mt 22:5]] But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
:[[Mt 22:6]] And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them].
:[[Mt 22:7]] But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
:[[Mt 22:8]] Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
:[[Mt 22:9]] Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
:[[Mt 22:10]] So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

:[[Lu 14:16]] Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
:[[Lu 14:17]] And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
:[[Lu 14:18]] And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
:[[Lu 14:19]] And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
:[[Lu 14:20]] And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
:[[Lu 14:21]] So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
:[[Lu 14:22]] And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
:[[Lu 14:23]] And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
:[[Lu 14:24]] For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

[[Category: Parable]]