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Matthew 22 Bible study: A wedding feast for his son
In Matthew, Jesus tells the Sadducees that the words "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" were "spoken to you by God" (22:31-32). Asked for the greatest commandment, he gives two, and says, "The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments" (22:40).
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“Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’”
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“In Matthew 22:24, the Sadducees begin their question by calling Jesus "Teacher".”
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A wedding feast for his son
"Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying" (22:1). "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son" (22:2) (tap wedding). He "sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come" (22:3) (tap invited). He sent other servants with his word: "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!" (22:4). "But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise" (22:5), "and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them" (22:6). "When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city" (22:7). Then he said, "The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy" (22:8), and "Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast" (22:9). "Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests." (22:10). "But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing" (22:11). He said to him, "Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?", and "He was speechless" (22:12). The king said to the servants, "Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be." (22:13). Here is what almost everyone misses: by the WEB's quotation marks, the king's words end with 22:13, and the last line is Jesus's own, closing the parable he began in 22:2: "For many are called, but few chosen" (22:14). Matthew sets down no explanation of the parable beyond that line, and these notes don't add one. They identify the king, his son, the servants, those who were invited, the guests, the city and the man with no one, and apply none of it to any people, city, war or event.
Where the Old Testament leads here
The God of the living
Genesis 31:42leads toMatthew 22:32
Jacob says that "the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac" had been with him (31:42). Speaking about the resurrection, Jesus quotes God's words from Exodus 3:6, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob", and adds, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" (Matthew 22:32).
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The Greek word behind it
γάμοςgamossay GAM-os
Strong's: "nuptials". Thayer: "a wedding or marriage-festival", and "especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast", under which he lists this parable's verses. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son" (22:2). In RP2018, the Byzantine text the WEB translates, the word comes once in each of eight verses of the parable (22:2, 22:3, 22:4, 22:8, 22:9, 22:10, 22:11, 22:12), behind wedding feast, wedding and wedding clothing. Matthew's Greek there has it nine times; the ninth is in another parable: "those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast" (25:10). John's Gospel has it at "a wedding in Cana of Galilee" (John 2:1).
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Matthew 22 Bible study questions
- 1Each question in 22:15-40 began with "Teacher" (22:16, 22:24, 22:36), though the Pharisees took counsel how they might "entrap him" (22:15), and the lawyer asked "testing him" (22:35). What question would you honestly bring to Jesus, and what would you hope to learn?
- 2Jesus said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind" (22:37). What does loving God with your mind look like for you?
- 3"You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (22:39). Who is one person near you this week whom you could love as yourself, and what would it take?
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