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Matthew 22:6-15 New King James Version (NKJV)

6. And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

7. But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

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

9. Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

10. So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

12. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

13. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14. “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15. Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

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