Matthew 22:1-9 ▼

1 Once again, Jesus (YHWH saves) spoke to them in parables:

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

3 He sent his servants {doulous} to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4 Again, he sent other servants {doulous} and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.

5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6 The rest seized his servants {doulous}, mistreated them, and killed them.

7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8 Then he said to his servants {doulois}, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you⁺ can find.