but I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as they wished. The Son of Man is also going to suffer at their hands.”

Again he sent other servants, more than the first time; and they treated them the same way.

The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

When Jesus went into Peter’s house [in Capernaum], He saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

For God said [through Moses], ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of or insults or treats improperly father or mother is to be put to death.’

But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.