Week 15: Monday You Have Been Invited to a Banquet—Please R.S.V.P.

A parable is defined by some as “an earthly story with a heavenlymeaning.” This parable should be read along with the accounts byMark, Luke, and John. The other writers differ somewhat, butMatthew’s account is listed during the final week of Jesus’s life onearth. If I had to give a title to this parable, it would be “You HaveBeen Invited to a Banquet... Please R.S.V.P!”