"So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.

and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.

"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "'My breakfast is now ready," he said, 'my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'

Then he said to his servants, "'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.

Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'

"Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.

"'My friend,' he said, 'how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'