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Matthew 22:4-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

4. So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my bullocks and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’

5. But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his shop,

6. while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

7. The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burnt down their city.

8. Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.

9. Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’

10. So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.

11. “The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.

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