Parable of the Wedding Feast

Jesus teaches the Jewish leaders about the kingdom of God by using a parable where a king invites people to the wedding feast of his son. When those originally invited refuse to come, the king destroys them and invites others who come. However, one is found among them improperly dressed and is expelled from the feast.

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Matthew 22:1-14

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Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

“ a The kingdom of heaven 1 may be compared

to 2 a king who 3 gave a b wedding feast for his son.

And he a sent out his slaves

to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast,

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and they were unwilling to come.

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Again he a sent out other slaves saying,

‘Tell those who have been invited,

“Behold, I have prepared my dinner;

my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready;

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come to the wedding feast.”’

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But they paid no attention

and went their way, one to his own 1 farm, another to his business,

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

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But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

Then he * said to his slaves,

‘The wedding is ready,

but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Go therefore to a the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found,

both evil and good;

and the wedding hall was filled with 1 dinner guests.

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“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests,

he saw a a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

and he * said to him,

‘ a Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’

And the man was speechless.

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Then the king said to the servants,

‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him

into a the outer darkness;

in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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For many are 1 a called, but few are a chosen.”

The invitation to join the kingdom is very broad, but not all enter in. Some reject the invitation out right. Others do not prepare themselves to attend. God is, however, not caught off guard by these responses.

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Matthew 22:1-14

A. Introduction

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared

to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

B1. Invitaion and Rejection

And he sent out his slaves

to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast,

and they were unwilling to come.

B2. Invitaion and Rejection

Again he sent out other slaves saying,

‘Tell those who have been invited,

“Behold, I have prepared my dinner;

my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready;

come to the wedding feast.”’

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

C. Judgement

But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

B1'. Invitation and Acceptance

Then he said to his slaves,

‘The wedding is ready,

but those who were invited were not worthy.

Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found,

both evil and good;

and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

B2.' Lack of Preparation

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests,

he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

and he said to him,

‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’

And the man was speechless.

C'. Judgment

Then the king said to the servants,

‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him

into the outer darkness;

in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

A'. Conclusion

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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