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3 and sent his servants to call those that were invited to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Then he sent other servants, saying, Tell them that are invited, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the wedding. 5 But they slighted him, and went away, one to his field and another to his merchandize: 6 and others seized his servants, and shamefully abused them, and slew them. 7 And when the king heard of it, he was highly provoked, and sent his troops, and destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. 8 Then saith he to his servants, The feast is ready, but they that were invited were not worthy of it: 9 go therefore into the public streets, and as many as ye meet with invite to the wedding. Matthew 22:3-9, Worsley New Testament. Public domain.
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