8. Then he said to the servants, “It is time for the wedding banquet, and the invited guests don't deserve to come.
9. Go out to the street corners and tell everyone you meet to come to the banquet.”
10. They went out into the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.
11. When the king went in to meet the guests, he found that one of them wasn't wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding.
12. The king asked, “Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?” But the guest had no excuse.
13. So the king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.
14. Many are invited, but only a few are chosen.
15. The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong.
16. They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers to say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.
17. Tell us what you think! Should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
18. Jesus knew their evil thoughts and said, “Why are you trying to test me? You show-offs!
19. Let me see one of the coins used for paying taxes.” They brought him a silver coin,