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Matthew

MAT 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

MAT 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

MAT 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

MAT 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

MAT 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

MAT 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

MAT 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Luke

LUK 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

LUK 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

LUK 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

LUK 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

LUK 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

LUK 14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

LUK 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

LUK 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

LUK 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.