Matthew 22: Wedding Feast

You've received an invitation to the wedding feast. Do you have your wedding garments? 1) Finish parables 2) Christ is tested with questions by the smartest minds of Jerusalem #### A. Last Parable ##### I. The Parable of the Wedding Feast \* Wedding feast. So at a Jewish wedding, the bride and her party would parade to the Bridegroom's house, where all the family and friends would be gathered for a feast. Festivities would last a week, sometimes up to 2 weeks. Guests would be issued white robes for the festivities. - outerdarkness - v.14 - many called. few chosen. - invited - the chosen - come with wedding garments on. #### B. Jesus is questioned ##### II. Taxes to Caesar - Herodians - family of political rulers, appointed by Rome. Aristocrats of Palestine, more associated with the Sadducees. ##### III. About the Resurrection - Sadducees - Jewish sect with political influence. Generally held the high priesthood, the temple was the basis for their power. Closely associated with the Herodians, rejected the traditions of the Pharisees. ##### IV. The Great Commandment - Scribes - Lawyers - professional scholars of the OT law. Often worked a trade. Developed a body of teaching called the "tradition of the elders". Affiliated with the Pharisees. ##### V. Jesus asks a question - Son of David and Psalm 110. - "Teacher" ##### Truth Christ is wise. Outsmarts the Crafty. ##### Application: - [ ] The Crowed marveled - astonished. - [ ] Accept the invitation to the wedding feast. Do you have the wedding garments? Read from: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved.