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Parable of the Wedding Feast

Parable taught by Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospel of Luke

Parable taught by Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospel of Luke

The Parable of the Wedding Feast is one of the parables of Jesus and appears in the New Testament in Luke 14:7–14. It directly precedes the Parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:15–24. In the Gospel of Matthew, the parallel passage to the Gospel of Luke's Parable of the Great Banquet is also set as a wedding feast (Matthew 22:1–14).

In New Testament times, a wedding was a very sacred and joyous thing. Some even lasted up to or more than a week. When Jesus told this parable, many people were able to understand the picture he was trying to create because he used a Jewish wedding – specifically, a Seudat Nissuin – as the setting of the story.

Luke 14:11 says "Every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted"; this saying is also found in Luke 18:14 and Matthew 23:12. It is similar to Matthew 18:4.

Narrative

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous." |Luke 14:7–14, World English Bible}}

Commentary

Bede notes that in practice, "not every one who exalts himself before men is abased; nor is he who humbleth himself in their sight, exalted by them". So the parable must be "understood typically".

The German theologian Friedrich Justus Knecht (d. 1921) gives the typical Catholic interpretation of this parable:

Roger Baxter in his Meditations, reflects on this passage, writing:

References

References

  1. J. Dwight Pentecost, 1998 ''The parables of Jesus: lessons in life from the Master Teacher'' {{ISBN. 0-8254-3458-0 pages 85-86
  2. ''Luke'' by Sharon H. Ringe 1995 {{ISBN. 0-664-25259-1 page 195
  3. Aland, Kurt, ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels: Completely Revised on the Basis of the Greek Text of the Nestle-Aland, 26th Edition, and Greek New Testament, 3rd Edition, English Edition. 1st ed. United Bible Societies, 1982. Print. pericope 216.
  4. Bauckham, Richard. (Autumn 1996). "The Parable of the Royal Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:1–14) and the Parable of the Lame Man and the Blind Man (Apocryphon of Ezekiel)". Journal of Biblical Literature.
  5. Bede, quoted by [[Thomas Aquinas]] in [https://archive.org/details/CatenaAureaNewEdV5/page/n159/mode/2up Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 5, St. Luke, Part 2], p. 506, Oxford: Parker, 1874, accessed on 31 August 2025
  6. Friedrich Justus Knecht. (1910). "A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture". B. Herder.
  7. Baxter, Roger. (1823). "Meditations For Every Day In The Year". Benziger Brothers.
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