Once upon a time, there was a king who was throwing a grand wedding banquet for his son. He sent out invitations to all the people in his kingdom, but no one came. The king was very angry and sent out his servants to find out why no one had come.
The servants went out and found that the people had made excuses. Some said they had bought land and needed to go and inspect it. Others said they had bought oxen and needed to try them out. Still others said they had just gotten married and couldn’t come.
The king was so angry that he sent out his servants to the highways and byways to invite anyone they could find to the wedding banquet. The servants went out and found all sorts of people, from the poor to the rich, from the sick to the healthy, from the young to the old.
When the banquet was ready, the king saw that all the guests were wearing the same kind of clothes. He asked them why they were all wearing the same clothes and they said that they had been invited to the banquet at the last minute and had no time to change.
The king was pleased with their answer and said, “Whoever has no wedding garment, let him be cast out.” The guests were all embarrassed and ashamed because they had not been prepared for the banquet.
The king then said, “Whoever has done this has done it out of love for me.” He then welcomed all the guests to the banquet and they all enjoyed a wonderful feast.
The moral of this story is that we should always be prepared for the unexpected. We should always be ready to accept invitations and be willing to go out of our way to help others. We should also be willing to accept people from all walks of life and not judge them by their appearance.
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet teaches us that we should always be ready to accept invitations and be willing to help others. We should also be willing to accept people from all walks of life and not judge them by their appearance. We should always be prepared for the unexpected and be willing to go out of our way to help others.
