Matthew 22

¹Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,

²The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

³And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

⁴Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.

⁵But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

⁶And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.

⁷But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

⁸Then saide hee to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.

⁹Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

¹⁰So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.

¹¹Then the King came in, to see the ghestes, and sawe there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

¹²And he sayd vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speachlesse.

¹³Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.