MATTHEW 22:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.”
Then the king said to the attendants: bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The outer darkness with weeping and gnashing of teeth — the judgment image from Matthew 8:12 and 13:42 — is the destination of the one who entered the feast without the wedding garment. The parable's third movement addresses those who accept the invitation outwardly but do not receive the transformation that the invitation requires.
Church Fathers on Matthew 22:12
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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