Parable Of The Wedding Banquet
22 jesus spoke to them again in parables saying.
Parable of the wedding banquet. 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. In reply jesus tells the parable of the great banquet. The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
The parable of the wedding banquet. 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. The parable of the wedding banquet.
The presentation of the kings son the messiah as a bridegroom is not uncommon see 915. 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. Read the parable below with the commentary in between. 2 the kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
For more information on this subject read about the meaning of repentance and salvation. 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. Jesus told the parable of the wedding feast in matthew 221 14. In the parable a man planned a large banquet and sent out invitations.
Again he sent out other servants saying tell those who are invited see i have. And they were not willing to come. It is not to be confused with a different parable of the wedding feast recorded in lukes gospel. One had just bought a piece of land and.
4 then he sent some more servants and said tell those who have been invited that i have prepared my. And jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said. The parable says that the king gave a wedding banquet for his son. One after another the guests made excuses for not coming.
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.