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Jesus
spoke to them again in parables, saying: "The kingdom of
heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet
to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
"Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who
have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and
fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come
to the wedding banquet.'
"But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field,
another to his business. The rest seized his servants,
mistreated them and killed them. 7The king was enraged.
He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their
city.
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready,
but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street
corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' So the
servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people
they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was
filled with guests.
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