The Parable of the Banquet
(Luke 14:15–24)
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables: Mat 20:1-16Mat 12:43-45Luk 14:16Luk 8:10Mat 13:3-11Mat 21:28-46Mat 9:15-17Mrk 4:33-34 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. Mat 13:24Rev 19:7-9Eph 5:24-322Co 11:2Psa 45:10-16Jhn 3:29-30Luk 14:16-24Mat 13:31-33 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come. Rev 22:17Jhn 5:40Luk 14:15-17Hos 11:7Mat 3:2Psa 81:10-12Rom 10:211Sa 9:13
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ Act 13:46Jhn 6:50-57Mat 21:361Co 5:7-8Act 1:8Act 11:19-20Act 28:17-31Luk 10:1-16
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business. Heb 2:3Luk 14:18-201Jn 2:15-161Ti 6:9-102Ti 3:4Act 2:13Act 24:25Gen 19:14 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. Jhn 15:19-201Th 2:14-15Act 4:1-3Act 5:40-41Act 7:51-57Act 8:1Jhn 16:2-3Mat 10:12-18
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city. Luk 19:271Pe 4:17-18Jol 2:25Luk 21:241Th 2:16Dan 9:26Deu 28:49-68Isa 13:2-5 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy. 2Th 1:5Act 13:46Rev 3:4Luk 20:35Rev 22:14Luk 21:36Mat 10:11-13Mat 10:37-38 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’ Luk 14:21-24Mrk 16:15-16Pro 1:20-23Act 13:47Eph 3:8Ezk 21:21Isa 55:1-3Isa 55:6-7
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 1Co 6:9-111Jn 2:192Co 12:21Mat 13:47-48Rev 19:6-9Rev 2:20-23Rev 7:9Mat 22:11-12
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. Rev 19:8Rev 3:4-5Heb 4:12-13Zec 3:3-4Col 3:10-11Eph 4:24Rev 16:15Rom 13:14 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ 1Sa 2:9Job 5:16Mat 20:13Act 5:2-11Jer 2:23Jer 2:26Mat 26:50Psa 107:42
But the man was speechless.
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ Mat 8:12Mat 25:302Pe 2:172Pe 2:42Th 1:9Jud 1:6Luk 13:28Mat 13:42
For many are called, but few are chosen.” 2Pe 1:10Luk 13:23-24Rev 17:14Mat 7:13-14Mat 20:16Mat 24:22
Paying Taxes to Caesar
(Mark 12:13–17; Luke 20:19–26)
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words. Luk 20:20-26Mrk 12:13-17Psa 2:2Psa 56:5-7Psa 59:3Heb 12:3Isa 29:21Jer 18:18 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance. Mrk 3:6Luk 20:21Mrk 12:14Mrk 8:151Jn 5:20Jer 9:3-5Jhn 14:6Jhn 18:37 So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” Luk 2:1Rom 13:6-7Mat 17:25Act 28:22Act 17:7Act 25:8Act 5:37Deu 17:14-15
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me? Jhn 2:25Jhn 8:6Luk 5:22Act 5:9Rev 2:23Luk 10:25Luk 20:23Luk 9:47 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” Mat 20:2Mat 18:28Rev 6:6
And they brought Him a denarius. 1
“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?” Luk 20:24
“Caesar’s,” they answered. Rom 13:7Pro 24:21Act 4:191Pe 2:13-17Mal 1:6-8Mat 22:37Dan 6:20-23Act 5:29
So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away. Mrk 12:12Act 6:10Col 4:6Luk 20:25-26Mat 10:16Mat 22:33Mat 22:46Pro 26:4-5
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
(Mark 12:18–27; Luke 20:27–40)
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him. Act 4:1Act 23:6-8Luk 20:27-40Mat 3:7Mrk 12:18-271Co 15:12-14Act 5:172Ti 2:18 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 2 Deu 25:5-10Luk 20:28Mat 22:16Mat 7:21Mrk 12:19Rut 1:11Gen 38:11Gen 38:8 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. Heb 9:27Luk 20:29-33Mrk 12:19-23 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. And last of all, the woman died. In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. Jhn 20:9Rom 15:4Luk 1:37Dan 12:2-3Jer 32:17Isa 26:19Php 3:21Psa 17:15 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels 3in heaven. Luk 20:34-36Mrk 12:24-251Co 7:29-31Jhn 5:28-29Mat 24:381Jn 3:1-2Mat 13:43Psa 103:20 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: Mat 21:16Mat 12:3Mat 12:7Mat 21:42Mat 9:13 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ 4? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Exo 3:6Mrk 12:26-27Act 7:32Luk 20:37-38Exo 3:15-16Heb 11:16
When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. Jhn 7:46Luk 2:47Luk 20:39-40Luk 4:22Mat 22:22Mat 7:28-29Mrk 12:17Mrk 6:2
The Greatest Commandment
(Deuteronomy 6:1–19; Mark 12:28–34)
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together. Mrk 12:28-31Mat 25:3-5Isa 41:5-7Jhn 11:47-50Mat 12:14Act 19:23-28Act 21:28-30Act 5:24-28 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question: Luk 7:30Luk 10:25-37Luk 11:45-46Luk 11:52Luk 14:3Mat 22:18Tit 3:13Mrk 10:2 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” Mrk 12:28-33Mat 5:19-20Luk 11:42Mat 23:23-24Hos 8:12Mat 15:6
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 5 Mrk 12:29-30Luk 10:27Deu 6:5Deu 10:12Mrk 12:33Deu 30:61Jn 5:2-5Heb 10:16-17 This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 6 Mrk 12:31Luk 10:27-37Lev 19:18Rom 13:9-10Gal 5:14Mat 19:19Rom 15:2Jas 2:8 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Rom 13:9Mat 7:121Jn 4:19-21Jas 2:81Jn 4:7-11Jhn 1:171Ti 1:5Rom 3:19-21
Whose Son Is the Christ?
(Mark 12:35–37; Luke 20:41–44)
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them: Luk 20:41-44Mrk 12:35-37Mat 22:34Mat 22:15 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” Jer 23:5-6Amo 9:11Ezk 34:23-24Jhn 6:68-69Mat 16:13-17Isa 11:1-4Isa 7:13-14Isa 9:6-7
“David’s,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: 2Sa 23:2Rev 4:2Heb 3:7Mrk 12:362Pe 1:21Act 1:16Act 2:30-31Luk 2:26-27
‘The Lord said to my Lord, Psa 110:1Heb 1:13Act 2:34-351Co 15:25Heb 1:3Heb 10:12-13Heb 12:2Gen 3:15
“Sit at My right hand
until I put Your enemies
under Your feet.”’ 7
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?” Rev 22:16Rom 1:3-4Jhn 8:581Ti 3:16Php 2:6-8Heb 2:14Rom 9:5
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further. Mrk 12:34Luk 20:40Luk 14:6Act 4:14Isa 50:2-9Jhn 8:7-9Job 32:15-16Luk 13:17