Matt 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.
Matt 21:44 "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
Matt 21:45 ¶ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
Matt 21:46 When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
Matt 22:1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Matt 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
Matt 22:3 "And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
Matt 22:4 "Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."'
Matt 22:6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
Matt 22:7 "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
Matt 22:8 "Then he *said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Matt 22:9 'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.'
Matt 22:10 "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.
Matt 22:11 ¶ "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
Matt 22:12 and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.
Matt 22:13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Matt 22:14 "For many are called, but few are chosen."
Matt 22:15 ¶ Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.
Matt 22:16 And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.
Matt 22:17 "Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"