Matthew 22:1-14
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Parable of the Wedding Feast
22 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by
parables and said: 2 “The kingdom
of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his
son, 3 and sent out
his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to
come. 4 Again, he
sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my
dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all
things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’ 5 But they made light of it and
went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his
servants, treated themspitefully, and
killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he
sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their
city. 8 Then he said
to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not
worthy. 9 Therefore go
into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the
wedding.’ 10 So those
servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad
and good. And the wedding hallwas filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to
see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding
garment. 12 So he said to
him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was
speechless. 13 Then the king
said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.’

14 “For many are called, but
few are chosen.”