“But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.”
The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. The king's judgment on the murderous guests: armies, destruction, burning city. The burning city is widely understood as a reference to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD — the judgment that Jesus will announce explicitly in Matthew 24. The parable encodes the judgment that the rejection of the messianic invitation produces.
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