“Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.”
Then he said to his servants: the wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the feast as many as you find. The mission to the highways: those who were invited and refused are declared not worthy; the servants are sent to the roads to invite anyone they find. The main roads are the places where the unexpected, unqualified, and uninvited can be found — the tax collectors and sinners, the Gentiles, the marginalized.
Church Fathers on Matthew 22:8
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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