World English Bible
Matthew 22:12
“and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.”
Verse in context — Matthew 22
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Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
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But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
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and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.
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Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
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For many are called, but few chosen.
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