Matthew 22:5-11 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

5. “But when the servants told the people to come, they refused to listen. They all went to do other things. One went to work in his field, and another went to his business.

6. Some of the other people grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

7. The king was very angry. He sent his army to kill those who murdered his servants. And the army burned their city.

8. “After that the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready. I invited those people, but they were not good enough to come to my feast.

9. So go to the street corners and invite everyone you see. Tell them to come to my feast.’

10. So the servants went into the streets. They gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike, and brought them to where the wedding feast was ready. And the place was filled with guests.

11. “When the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in the right clothes for a wedding.

Matthew 22