The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

 

Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus spoke to them (Pharisees, chief priests and elders) 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. (UNFAITHFUL ISRAEL)

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.”

**Many Unfaithful Rebellious Israel rejected God's invitation through His servants and Son!  God rejecting Israel also seized, mistreated and killed God's servants. 

God was angry with unfaithful Israel and sent His servants, The Roman Armies to destroy those murderers and burn their city 66-70AD!

The wedding was ready but rebellious Israel did not deserve and not chosen to come!

Somehow a man made it into the wedding banquet without wearing wedding clothes, and gets thrown into darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth.  So, close but no cigar!!  

The Parable of the Tenants

MATTHEW 21:33-46 (NIV)

The Parable of the Tenants

33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and KILLED HIM.

40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they (Pharisees) replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants (believers), who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

42 Jesus said to them (Pharisees), “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them. 46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

***Believers in Christ were the people that produced the fruit of the Kingdom:  FAITHFUL ISRAEL.

The Pharisees and chief priests KNEW Christ was talking about them in using this parable!!! They even prophesy against themselves in v41 in coming to a WRETCHED END!

UNBELIEVING Israel were the EVIL TENANTS, chief priests, Pharisees who killed the Prince of Peace and sinless Son of God.

God ENDED unfaithful Israel by wiping them out for killing the saints, scribes, Apostles, disciples and The Christ in sending His servants, THE ROMAN ARMIES 66-70AD!

JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY ARMIES 66-70AD  https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2026/09/jerusalem-surrounded-by-armies.html?m=1 

Saving Israel For Last

 

The Bible was originally written in three ancient languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek

Hebrew

Most Old Testament books: Genesis through Malachi (the 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament) were primarily written in Biblical Hebrew.
Details: This was the primary language of the ancient Israelites. 

Aramaic

Book of Daniel: Chapters 2:4 through 7:28 are written in Aramaic.

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Book of Ezra: Chapters 4:8 through 6:18 and 7:12 through 7:26 are written in Aramaic.

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Book of Jeremiah: Chapter 10, verse 11 is a single sentence written in Aramaic.

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Book of Genesis: Two words (Witness Heap / Galeed) appear in Aramaic in Genesis 31:47. 

Greek

All New Testament books: Matthew through Revelation (all 27 books) were originally written in Koine (common) Greek.
Deuterocanonical / Apocryphal books: Certain books found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles (such as Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, and Baruch) were also originally composed or preserved in Greek.