Matthew 22:3-9 ▼

3 And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

4 Then he sent out some other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened calves are butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

5 But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

6 The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

7 The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

9 So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’