Revised Englisch Bible 1989
22-Jesus spoke to them again in parables:
2 'The Kingdom of Heaven is like this. There was a king who arranged a banquet for his son's wedding;
3 but when he sent his servants to summon the quests he had invited, they refused to come.
4 Then he sent other servants, telling them to say to the quests, "Look! I have prepared this banquet for you. My bullocks and fatted beasts have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding."
5 But they took no notice; one went off to his farm, another to his business,
6 and the others seized the servants, attacked them brutally, and killed them.
7 The king was furious; he sent troops to put those murderers to death and set their town on fire.
8 Then he said to his servants, "The wedding banquet is ready; but the quests I invited did not deserve the honour.
9 Go out therefore to the main thoroughfares, and invite everyone you can find to the wedding."
10 The servants went out into the streets, and collected everyone they could find, good and bad alike. So the hall was packed with quests.
11 When the king came in to watch them feasting, he observed a man who was not dressed for a wedding.
12 "My friend," said the king, "how do you come to be here without wedding clothes?" But he had nothing to say.
13 The king then said to his attendants, "Bind him hand and foot; fling him out into the dark, the place of wailing and grinding of teeth."
14 For many are invited, but few are chosen.'