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NASB | Matthew 22:11 ¶ "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:11 ¶ "But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes, |
Bible Question:
Matthew 22:1-14 states the following. Matthew 22:1-14 (NASB) And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, [2] "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king, who gave a wedding feast for his son. [3] "And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. [4] "Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast." ' [5] "But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, [6] and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. [7] "But the king was enraged and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire. [8] "Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. [9] 'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' [10] "And those slaves went out into the streets, and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. [11] "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw there a man not dressed in wedding clothes, [12] and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And he was speechless. [13] "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' [14] "For many are called, but few are chosen." For a better understand of Scripture it helps to understand the era in which it was written. The Question is this. Did the kings of old, Christ era, provide robes for the entire guest list to wear to the wedding feast? What were the acceptable “wedding clothes� Have a great day, CDBJ |
Bible Answer: I believe this parable is about people who are very proud and people who are humble and humble themselves before God Almighty. In IPeter 5:5 it reads "Likewise you younger people submit yourselves to elders". Then it say "Yes, all of you be submissive to one another and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud But gives grace to the humble". So I would say the people that did not come to the wedding were too proud because they had their own businesses, farms and other things to do and did not think it was so important to be at a King's wedding since they thought they were just as important as the King. But the people that were good and evil (the plain unimportant people that the world pays no attention to, and people that are on drugs , prostitutes, gamblers, drunkards,) These people took great privilege in going to a King's wedding in other words they felt humbled. If right now the President of the United States just walked up to a group of people in the world and asked "Will you come to my dinner tonight"? You would feel honored. Well there are some people that are around the president and have just as much or more money than he does and would not think nothing of turning him down. This is just like in the world today . Some christians think too much of their businesses and possesions to humble themselves before God. But people that don't have a lot of possesions would feel honored by God to be called to the wedding which is the actual "Match Made in Heaven" of man and God. The wedding garment is humility and God gave them the grace to be at His wedding which is the saving of souls. The man that was there was not clothed with humility, thus he was not saved because God resists the proud. Dora |