1. And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
2. `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
3. and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.
4. `Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;
5. and they, having disregarded [it], went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;
6. and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay [them].
7. `And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;
8. then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,
9. be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
10. `And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.
11. `And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,