Matthew 22:1-14

JuliaSmith(i) 1 And Jesus, having answered, spake to them in parables, saying, 2 The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son. 3 And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come. 4 And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials. 5 And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic: 6 And the rest, having seized his servants, were insolent, and killed them. 7 And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8 Then says he to his servants, Truly the nuptial feast is prepared, and those called were not worthy. 9 Go ye, therefore, to the passages of the ways, and as many as ye should find, call to the nuptial feast. 10 And those servants, having come to the ways, gathered together all, as many as they found, also both the evil and good, and the nuptial feast was filled with the reclining. 11 And the king, having come in to behold the reclining, saw there a man not clad with the garment of the wedding: 12 And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled. 13 Then said the king to his servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him away, and cast ye him into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, and few chosen.