Parable of wedding feast

The Parable of the Wedding Feast 

The Lord Jesus often tells Parables to get people’s attention. In the third parable in

​Matthew 21:33–46 NKJV“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’? “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.

, Jesus repeats themes he tells in the parable of the Tenants. According to God’s plan (Matthew 13:10-17), unrepentant sinners harden their hearts further as they listen to the story of the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-10). Those who have open ears and hearts hear once again the grace of God revealed in the Lord Jesus teaching about the expansion of the Kingdom of God.Similar to the Parable of the Tenants, the parable of the Wedding Feast describes an authority figure who sends representatives to certain people (Matthew 21:33-34; 36; 22:13). These representatives are sadly rejected, mistreated, and even killed (Matthew 21:35-39; Matthew 22:5-6). Judgment is the result of rejecting these representatives on both the tenant and the one who rejects the invitation. Judgment today is upon all those who are unprepared for the Kingdom depicted in their lack of fruit and improper dress (Matthew 21:43-44; 22:11-14).

Similarities Between the Parable of the Tenants and the Wedding Feast

The Parable of the Tenants and Wedding Feast have almost identical interpretations. God the King sends the servants of God the Prophets to call the people of God to call His people to come to a feast for His Son (Matthew 22:2-3). The servants go first to choose those who once told the king they would be at the party. Two invitations went forth for parties in the ancient Near East. The first one did not list the time and place of the event but demanded a response of, “Yes, I am coming” or “I can’t make it.” A second invitation for the event finalized the day and hour of the event. At Sinai, the Almighty invited the Israelites to His banquet, which was the first invite. They then accepted without knowing when the banquet would be (Exodus 24:1-11). When God sent the Prophets to announce the Day of the Lord and the messianic feast, which was the second invitation, many Israelites turned down the party invitation (Luke 19:41-44).