Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people
in parables, saying,
"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 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* tothe feast.”’
Some ignoredthe invitation and went away, one to his farm, another
his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, 'The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and inviteto the feast whomever you find.’ The servants went out into the streets and gatheredall they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. The king said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?' But he was reduced to silence. Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ Many are invited, but few are chosen."
Summoned, invited = καλέω = kaleō
"to bid," in the sense of "invite;" "to speak, to call by name;"to call aloud, utter in a loud voice; to salute one by name;
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call, summon;demand, require; call to oneself; call to one's house or to a repast, invite;call by name, name
Come = ἔρχομαι = erchomai
to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving and of those returning; to appear, make one's appearance, come before the public; to go, to follow one; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence
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start, set out; come to, arrive at; come within a little of, be near
Come* = δεῦτε = deute
come hither, come here; interjection, come!, come now!
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come hither!
Ignored = ἀμελέω = ameleō
denotes "to be careless, not to care"; neglect, not regarding; to be careless of, to neglect; make light of, neglect
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have no care for, be neglectful of; to be careless, negligent; overlook;to be slighted, overlooked
Gathered together= συνάγω= synagō
"to assemble" (sun, "together," ago, "to bring"), is used of the "gathering together" of people or things; to bring together; to join together, join in one (those previously separated); into one's home, i.e. to receive hospitably, to entertain, take in
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bring together, gather together; bring together, join in one, unite; make friends of, reconcile
Chosen = ἐκλεκτός = eklektos
Select, picked out
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picked out, select
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