13, Ecclesiastes 7:15-29; Joshua 11-12; Jeremiah 6; Matthew 21:28-22:14
Ecclesiastes 7
15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
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For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
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All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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Joshua 11
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And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
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And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
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And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
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And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
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And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
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So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
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And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
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And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
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And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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12
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
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But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
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And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
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As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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16
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
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Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
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For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
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There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
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So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
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Joshua 12
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Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
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Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
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And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
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And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
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Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
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And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
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In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
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The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
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The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
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The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
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The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
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The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
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The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
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The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
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The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
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The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
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The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
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The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
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The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
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The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
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Jeremiah 6
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O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
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I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
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The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
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Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
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Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
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For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
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As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
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Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
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To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
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And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
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For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
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They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
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Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
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Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
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Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
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To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
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Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
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They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
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We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
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O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
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The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
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Matthew 21
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But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
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He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
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And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
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Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
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And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
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But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
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They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
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And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 22
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
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And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
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Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
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But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
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And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
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But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
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Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
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So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
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And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
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And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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