2. "Here is what the kingdom of heaven is like. A king prepared a wedding dinner for his son.
3. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the dinner. The servants told them to come. But they refused.
4. "Then he sent some more servants. He said, 'Tell those who were invited that I have prepared my dinner. I have killed my oxen and my fattest cattle. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding dinner.'
5. "But the people paid no attention. One went away to his field. Another went away to his business.
6. The rest grabbed his servants. They treated them badly and then killed them.
7. "The king became very angry. He sent his army to destroy them. They killed those murderers and burned their city.
8. "Then the king said to his servants, 'The wedding dinner is ready. But those I invited were not fit to come.
9. Go to the street corners. Invite to the dinner anyone you can find.'
10. So the servants went out into the streets. They gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad. Soon the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11. "The king came in to see the guests. He noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12. 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man couldn't think of anything to say.