1 Yahvsave 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 come.

4 "Then He sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready.   Come to the wedding banquet.'

5 "But they paid no attention and went off -- one to his field, another to his business.

6 "The rest seized His servants, mistreated them and killed them.

7 "The King was enraged.   He sent His army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city."