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“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast[a] for his son. [b]He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’

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Footnotes

  1. 22:2 Wedding feast: the Old Testament’s portrayal of final salvation under the image of a banquet (Is 25:6) is taken up also in Mt 8:11; cf. Lk 13:15.
  2. 22:3–4 Servants…other servants: probably Christian missionaries in both instances; cf. Mt 23:34.