Matthew 22:1-14
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
1And again Jesus aspoke to them in parables, saying, 2 b“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave ca wedding feast for his son, 3and dsent his servants ▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10
to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 fAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my gdinner, hmy oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5But ithey paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6while the rest seized his servants, jtreated them shamefully, and kkilled them. 7The king was angry, and he sent his troops and ldestroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not mworthy. 9Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10And those servants went out into the roads and ngathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there oa man who had no wedding garment. 12And he said to him, p‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and qcast him into the outer darkness. In that place rthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14For many are scalled, but few are tchosen.”
Matthew 25:1-13
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like uten virgins who took their lamps ▼▼Or torches
and went to meet wthe bridegroom. ▼▼Some manuscripts add and the bride
2Five of them were foolish, and five were ywise. 3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom zwas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6But aaat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7Then all those virgins rose and abtrimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and acthose who were ready went in with him to adthe marriage feast, and aethe door was shut. 11Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, af‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 agBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, ahI do not know you.’ 13 aiWatch therefore, for you ajknow neither the day nor the hour.
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