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(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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Psalm 45
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. A wedding song.
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
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Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;
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come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.
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Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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“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.’
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“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
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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.
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“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
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He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
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“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
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like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.
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Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
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and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
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Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
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Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
