Read Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus
again used parables in talking to the people. 2“The Kingdom of
heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his
son. 3He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the
feast, but they did not want to come. 4So he sent other servants
with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my bullocks and prize
calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding
feast!’ 5But the invited guests paid no attention and went about
their business: one went to his farm, another to his shop, 6while
others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. 7The king
was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burnt
down their city. 8Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My
wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it. 9Now
go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’ 10So
the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could
find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
11 “The
king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding
clothes. 12‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding
clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing. 13Then
the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in
the dark. There he will cry and grind his teeth.’ ”
14 And
Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Think
This is a hard passage.
People fail to respond to
God's gracious invitation.
One of them responds - but
does not fully participate.
He is thrown out.
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