Matt
22:1-14 (NIV) Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 "The
kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those
who had been invited
to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to comeÉ. 8 "Then he said to his servants, ÔThe wedding banquet is
ready, but those I invited
did not deserve to come. 9 Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.Õ 10 So the servants
went out into the
streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the
wedding hall was filled
with guestsÉ.