The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.

"Can you compel the bridal party to fast," replied Jesus, "so long as they have the bridegroom among them?

the lamp shall no more be lighted in thee; the bridal-song shall be heard there no more: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; all nations were seduc'd by thy enchantments.