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 Behold, I have  prepared  my  dinner,  my  beeves  and  fatlings  are killed and  all  things  are  ready;  come  ye  to  the  wedding.’  But they neglected and  went  their  ways,  one  to  his  farm  and  another to his  merchandise. And the  rest  laid  hands  on  his  servants, and having  treated  them  contumeliously,  put  them  to  death.

“But when  the  king  heard  of  it,  he  was  angry,  and  sending his armies,  he  destroyed  those  murderers,  and  burnt  their  city. Then he  saith  to  his  servants:  Go  ye,  therefore,  into  the  highways , and  as  many  as  you  shall  find,  invite  to  the  marriage. So his  servants,  going  out  into  the  highways,  gathered  together all that  they  found,  both  bad  and  good,  and  the  wedding  was filled with  guests.

“Then the  king  went  in  to  see  the  guests,  and  he  saw  there a man who  had  not  on  a wedding-garment. He saith  to  him: ‘Friend, how  earnest  thou  in  hither  not  having  on  a wedding-garment. But he  was  silent. Then the  king  said  to  the  waiters: ‘Having bound  his  hands  and  feet,  cast  him  into  exterior  darkness; there shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth’. For many  are called, but  few  are  chosen!"

The Parable  of  the  Marriage-feast.  The  king  signifies  God  the Father; and  therefore  his  son  is  the  Son  of  God,  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.