In the early morning while laying awake in bed, I find in the quiet and dim morning light a good time for meditation. The parable of the marriage supper came to mine and I thought these scripture seemed to fit together. So I have searched out these scripture, that I felt help explain this parable.
In maroon are Matt. and Luke's account of this parable.
Luke 14:16 But He said to him, "A Man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
v. 17 And at the time for the banquet He sent His servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'
Deu 7:6 "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
Mat 22:1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
v. 2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a
King who gave a wedding feast for His Son,
v. 3 and sent His servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
Dan. 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
v. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
v. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice;
Mat 22:4 Again He sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared My dinner, My oxen and My fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Mat 22:5 But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
Luke 14:18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to Him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'
v. 19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'
v. 20 And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
Mark 4:19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mat 22:6 while the rest seized His servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Mat 24:9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
Mat 22:7 And, the King, was provoked to anger,—and, sending His armies, destroyed those murderers, and, their city, set on fire. (Rotherham)
Rev 19:11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The One sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
v. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses.
v. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Mat 22:8 Then He said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
v. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'
v. 10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Luke 14:21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the Master of the house became angry and said to His servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.
1Cor 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
v. 28 and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;
Luke 14:22 And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
v. 23 And the Master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that My house may be filled.
v. 24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste My banquet.'"
Mat 22:11 "But when the King came in to look at the guests, He saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
v.12 And He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
v. 13 Then the King said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
v. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
Rev 16:15 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Rev 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Luke 14:12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
v. 13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
v. 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
This is just my understanding, I would appreciate input. If anyone finds other scripture that would fit, please post whatever you find.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat