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Matthew 22:4-8 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

4. He sent other servants to say to the guests, “The banquet is ready! My cattle and prize calves have all been prepared. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet!”

5. But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business.

6. Others grabbed the servants, then beat them up and killed them.

7. This made the king so furious that he sent an army to kill those murderers and burn down their city.

8. Then he said to the servants, “It is time for the wedding banquet, and the invited guests don't deserve to come.

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