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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. 10 So the servants {douloi} went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. Matthew 22:2-10, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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