“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Therefore go to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived. Then those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.