The Parable of the Wedding Feast
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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Parable of the Tenants
The Parable of the Tenants
The chief priests are questioning Jesus’s authority
Jesus begins to teach in parables; the priests are present for this
Parable preceding the Parable of the Wedding Feast is given
Dominion is given to tenants to grow fruit
They abuse the master sends his servants.
They are beat, killed, and stoned
Master sends His Son
Son is killed due to the tenants believing they could steal his inheritance
Jesus end the parable with a question
When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
The chief priests answer
Jesus explains the parable with one answer
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“ ‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
The chief priests and pharisees are cowed into inaction
Jesus launches into the next parable
The Actors and Components in the Parable
The Actors and Components in the Parable
A King throws a wedding feast for his Son
In the entire story the king is the only active agent. He is the only one who speaks; there is no dialogue. With the exception of vv. 5–6* and v. 10*, the story consists only of his actions or commands.
In the entire story the king is the only active agent. He is the only one who speaks; there is no dialogue. With the exception of vv. 5–6* and v. 10*, the story consists only of his actions or commands. In
He sends out his servants to invite the guests…the guests ignore the request
He sends out his servants to invite the guest
Wedd
The guests ignore the request.
The King sends out more servants to invite his guests
The King sends out more servants to invite his guests
The guests are enticed with a description of the feast
Most ignore the request; they are distracted with the world.
The “rest” seized and ultimately kill the servants
The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Gospel of Matthew A. Guests at a Royal Wedding Banquet (22:1–14)
The reaction is strikingly extreme but closely parallelled in Josephus’s report of the treatment of King Hezekiah’s messengers who seek to summon the Israelites to the feast of Passover in Jerusalem. In both cases the reaction is of people marking out their independence from the king.
The King is angered and exacts justice on the “murderers”
The King declares the feast ready
Original guests are not worthy
Servants are commanded to invite everyone
Both good and bad are gathered
could be of greater or lesser status
could be of greater or lesser character
A man is found without a wedding garment
He is bound
He is tossed into “outer darkness”
Why is the man without a wedding garment singled out if all the quests were gathered quickly?
The Impact of the Parable
The Impact of the Parable
The Impact of the Parable
The Impact of the Parable
The Parable of the Sower resembles this frantic tossing of “Seed”
Invitation is the Seed; the Seed is the Word; the Word is Christ.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Matthew
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
The King walks in to the wedding feast and judges those that are attending and sees the man who does not belong
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The man is judged and has no response to the king
The King walks in to the wedding feast and judges those that are
The responsibly rests on the soils/guest to be prepared for the harvest/wedding feast
This parable has end times or judgement context.
Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’