4. Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
5. But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
6. The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
7. The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.
8. Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
9. So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’
10. And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11. But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.