Mat 22:1-10 | ISV | STEP | The Parable about a Wedding Banquet Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,

Matthew 22:1-10

1 The Parable about a Wedding Banquet Luke 14:15-24

Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,Luke 14:16; Rev 19:7, 9 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come. 4 So ^{▼▼Lit. Again} he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!”’Prov 9:2 5 But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 The rest grabbed the king's ^{▼▼Lit. his} servants, treated them brutally, and then killed them. 7 Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.Dan 9:26; Luke 19:27

8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.Matt 10:11, 13; Acts 13:46 9 So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.’ 10 Those servants went out into the streets and brought in all the people they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests.Matt 13:38, 47