²³ And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

⁶ And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

⁷ And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

⁵ My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

² She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

¹³ For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:

¹⁴ My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.

² The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

³ And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

⁵ But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

⁶ And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

⁷ But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

⁸ Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

⁹ Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

¹⁰ And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

¹¹ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

¹² And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

¹⁴ For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.