The Lord Is My Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my bshepherd; cI shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in dgreen pastures.
He eleads me beside still waters.1
3 He frestores my soul.
He gleads me in hpaths of righteousness2
ifor his name’s sake.
4 jEven though I walk through the valley of the kshadow of death,3
I will fear no evil,
for you are lwith me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a mtable before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely4 goodness and mercy5 shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall ndwell6 in the house of the Lord
forever.7
6 On this fmountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
7 And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 gHe will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will hwipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
9 It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
1 pAnd again Jesus spoke to them in qparables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a rwedding sfeast for his son, 3 and sent his servants1 to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 tAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and ukilled them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, vbut those invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wwedding garment. 12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and xcast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are called, but yfew are chosen.”
