2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
3 And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.
4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding celebration!” ’
5 But they paid no attention and went away—this one to his own field, that one to his business.
6 And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated them and killed them.
7 And the king was angry and sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.