MATTHEW 22:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:”
And he said to him: friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless. The friend address — formal, not intimate — and the question about the garment are the king's confrontation of the man's choice. The speechless response communicates that there is no defense for the refusal of the provided garment: no words can justify the deliberate rejection of what the host offered.
Church Fathers on Matthew 22:11
Forasmuch as He had said, And it shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof,' He now proceeds to shew what nation that is.
'Answered,' that is, meeting their evil thoughts of putting Him to death.
This parable is related only by Matthew. Luke gives one like it, but it is not the same, as the order shews.
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