The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Jesus goes to Jerusalem to continue his ministry. And is met by then Chief Priests who
questioned him “By what authority are you doing these things?”
He responds with:
The Parable of the Two Sons Matt 22:28-32
28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 “ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”“The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors
and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the
prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Parable of the Tenants 22: 33-46
Land owner builds a beautiful farm lets it to tenants who don’t pay him his share. He sends his servants twice and they beat and kill
them both times. Then he sends his son and they do the same saying “let us take his inheritance.” So the vineyard owner cast them
out and replaced them.
Parable of the Marriage Feast - Matthew 22:1-14
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but
they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have
prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready.
Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not
deserve to come.
9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad
as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing
wedding clothes.
12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was
speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the
darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
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