1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said, 2 The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son 3 and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise, 6 and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them. 7 But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage. 10 So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment, 12 and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.