Parable of the Wedding Feast

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The Parable of the Wedding Feast (or the Marriage of the King's Son, or the Great Supper) was a parable given by Jesus in the New Testament (Matthew, Luke).

From Matthew 22:1–14

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. 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.' But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. 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.' For many are invited, but few are chosen.

(New International Version) A shorter version can be found in the Gospel of Luke, which omits the man with no wedding garment.

[edit] Gospel of Thomas

Another version of this parable appears in the Gospel of Thomas (Patterson-Meyer Translation):

64. Jesus said, "A person was receiving guests. When he had prepared
the dinner, he sent his slave to invite the guests.  The slave went
to the first and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one
said, 'Some merchants owe me money; they are coming to me tonight. I
have to go and give them instructions. Please excuse me from
dinner.'  The slave went to another and said to that one, 'My master
has invited you.' That one said to the slave, 'I have bought a house,
and I have been called away for a day. I shall have no time.'  The
slave went to another and said to that one, 'My master invites you.'
That one said to the slave, 'My friend is to be married, and I am to
arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me
from dinner.'  The slave went to another and said to that one, 'My
master invites you.' That one said to the slave, 'I have bought an
estate, and I am going to collect the rent. I shall not be able to
come. Please excuse me.'  The slave returned and said to his
master, 'Those whom you invited to dinner have asked to be excused.'
The master said to his slave, 'Go out on the streets and bring back
whomever you find to have dinner.'  Buyers and merchants [will] not
enter the places of my Father."

Note that the last line of the above passage is similar to this verse from the Gospel of Matthew:

19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven

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