1. And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,
2. The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, which made a marriage feast for his son,
3. and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.
4. Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
5. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise:
6. and the rest laid hold on his servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them.
7. But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.