³ and ^(A)sent his servants^[a] to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. ^4 (B)Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my ^(C)dinner, ^(D)my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’

⁹ Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’