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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Matthew 21
⁴⁶ When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
Matthew 22
¹ Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
² "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
³ And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
⁴ Again he sent out other slaves saying, ’Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."’
⁵ But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
⁶ and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
⁷ But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
⁸ Then he *said to his slaves, ’The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
⁹ Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’
¹⁰ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.