“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them [a]spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. Matthew 22:2-14

11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, [b]take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:2-14

1. The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son (v. 2).
2. He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding (v. 3).
3. The people invited were not willing to come to the wedding (v. 3).
4. Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ (v. 4).
5. But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business (v. 5).
6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them (v. 6).
7. But when the king heard about it, he was furious (v. 7).
8. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city (v. 7)
9. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy (v. 8).
10. Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ (v. 9).
11. So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good (v. 10).
And the wedding hall was filled with guests (v. 10).
12. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment (v. 11).
13. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless (v. 12).
14. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness (v. 13).
15. In outer darkness, there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (v. 13).
16. “For many are called, but few are chosen” (v. 14). Matthew 22:2-14

Some Primary Themes:
1. A king arranged a marriage for his son. The marriage included a dinner, with oxen and fatted cattle prepared. All things are ready.
2. The king invited certain people, twice. At the first invite, those invited were not willing to come. At the second invite, they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business.
3. The rest of those invited seized the servants who presented the invitation, treated them spitefully, in a cruel and malicious way, and killed them.
4. The king was furious. He sent out his armies, destroyed the murderers and burned up their city.
5. The king revealed that those invited were not worthy.