Parable Of The Wedding Banquet
One after another the guests made excuses for not coming.
Parable of the wedding banquet. For more information on this subject read about the meaning of repentance and salvation. 4 then he sent some more servants and said tell those who have been invited that i have prepared my. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come but they refused to come. When the banquet was ready he sent his servant to contact each of the invited guests telling them that all was ready and the meal was about to start verses 16 17.
In the parable a man planned a large banquet and sent out invitations. Jesus spoke to them again in parables saying. This parable is similar in some ways to the parable of the great banquet luke 1415 24 but the occasion is different and it has some important distinctions. 22 jesus spoke to them again in parables saying.
3 he sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come but they refused to come. This is the new testament counterpart of the old testament usage of marriage as a symbol of. Read the parable below with the commentary in between. Again he sent out other servants saying tell those who are invited see i have.
In the claims of jesus god the father would be this king and jesus of course was the son. In reply jesus tells the parable of the great banquet. 2 the kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. The presentation of the kings son the messiah as a bridegroom is not uncommon see 915.
As seen in this parable of the wedding banquet only the wedding guests who accepted the invitation fully by both coming and wearing a wedding robe were the ones chosen because they fully obeyed. It is not to be confused with a different parable of the wedding feast recorded in lukes gospel. And they were not willing to come. The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding.
Jesus told the parable of the wedding feast in matthew 221 14. The parable of the great banquet or the wedding feast or the marriage of the kings son is a parable told by jesus in the new testament found in matthew 221 14 and luke 1415 24. And jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said. One had just bought a piece of land and.
The parable of the wedding banquet.