First Option - Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14

¹ And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
² ”The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,
³ and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come.
⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, `Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.’
<sup>5</sup> But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
<sup>6</sup> while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
<sup>7</sup> The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
<sup>8</sup> Then he said to his servants, `The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
⁹ Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.’
¹⁰ And those servants went out into the streets 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 wedding garment;
¹² and he said to him, `Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
<sup>13</sup> Then the king said to the attendants, `Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’
¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.”