Matthew 22:4
King James VersionSource notes
“Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fatlings killed, and all things ready: come unto the marriage.”
Context
1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fatlings killed, and all things ready: come unto the marriage.
5But they made light of and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated spitefully, and slew
7But when the king heard he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.