The Parable of the Wedding Feast

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,

and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

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.”’

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues

And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.

and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

The Plot to Kill Jesus

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

The Rich Man and Lazarus

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.