Bible in Basic English
"But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire."
— Matthew 22:7, Bible in Basic English
“But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.”
“But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ”
“When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.”
“But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.”
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.
Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.