Parable of the Wedding Feast

In Matthew 22, Jesus gives the parable of the wedding feast where he describes a king who prepared a wedding for his son, but the people who were invited by his servants ended up killing the servants. Jesus then says that the king sent his troops and destroyed the murderers.
Then the king sends servants out to invite all they could find in the streets to fill the wedding hall.
Strikingly, the king comes across a man who is not wearing the proper attire at the wedding and has the man bound and cast into "the outer darkness" where men "weep and gnash their teeth."
What is Jesus talking about in the parable of the wedding feast? What does the wedding feast represent, as this is no ordinary wedding feast?
Check out this video with Dr. Brant Pitre to learn more about this parable of wedding feast.
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Glad I hung in there for the end. :-) I can't get enough of these Catholic Productions. So illuminating and I really appreciate it so much!

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[@charlesoneill466]

"The fat belongs to the Lord" the best part...

[@patallenhurst3043]

Never heard that explaination from the pulpit. I learned something new today. Thanks be to God!

[@glennlanham6309]

Cause we're infiltrated

[@tessysingh1327]

This brilliant man should be teaching seminarians! I've never heard a priest explain the Wedding Feast this way.

[@livenlearn1204]

He is

[@joemarieselibio2841]

he teachers seminarians.

[@jamesmartello1]

Thank you Dr. Pitre! God bless you abundantly! + Viva Cristo Rey! +

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Thank you God for this amazingly great teacher of our faith. Please .God I'll keep praying get this pandemic over will have enough money to bring one of your great theologians to talk to us in NZ. Praise God for such outstanding knowledge of our faith brought to us by great Dr.Petrie. Thank you again. Recommended your teachings to our RCIA team. God bless just love each your teachings.

[@victorchuks3591]

I particularly like the connection with the text of Isaiah. Even though this was a parable by Christ, the Chief priests and elders would have gotten the message clearly. Thanks Dr for another enlightening piece!

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[@bweatherman3345]

Ab God established only one church, not many churches. The catholic church is the only true church. No salvation outside the catholic church

[@dbg-dabraziliangamer8163]

The Isaiah text is paired with the Gospel reading for the Mass on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). These were the readings today. I don't know where else they may be paired, but this is one particular day in which they are paired together.

[@josephjude1290]

This hymn about the wedding feast is sung in the Orthodox church during. Holy Week. Great video.

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Thanks,great teaching Dr.Bryant Pitre,God bless

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Great teaching..thank you Dr Pitre

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Another mind blower.

[@corvinrick3644]

Thank you

[@saintspotjude]

Thank you for your clear explanation. God bless🙏🙏🙏😇

[@alexantony6134]

Dr Brant explains it again with his quintessential biblical style

[@fernvarias9473]

Thank you! Another parable i learned and understand today. Keep going Dr. Pitre, we need more scriptures to understand.

[@stephaniehatfield5831]

Always feeding the people with the explanation of God’s Word! Thank you Dr Pitre🙏🏻🐾McMinnville, Or

[@yeahbakey.b5949]

Thanks so much for this explanation. GOD Bless. Ben my Heart to Your Will Oh Lord.

[@unangelitoguardian]

Never thought about it, but there are many odd responses to the invitation in this parable as you mentioned. Thank you Dr. Petri.

[@CesarSanchez-ey5tj]

“Twists” 😂 He just wanted to get that word in lol 😂

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Thanks, another kilogram of knowledge added to my heart.

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Good, bad and the ugly…i really like that you’re serious but not that serious, which makes listening to the explanations really interesting!

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Thank you 🙏

[@joeobrien196]

Where I come from a wedding invitation is often referred to as a summons. As I court summons. Because of the expense involved. New clothes, wedding present, plus a day or more of formality and the company of people not of one’s choosing.

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[@MasterKeyMagic]

yet another teaching by Jesus disproving total depravity and unconditional election🙏🏽

[@iliesculiliana5846]

What a fine homily. thank you

[@rozzaidinyazid4927]

Well explained.

[@alephtav4254]

GOD invites People to accept HIs LOVE and Only Need your FAITH in Him.. Trusting HIM. Those who follow the call to Feed and tend Sheeps who tell the Truth of GOD words v.s the people who persecute chosen of GOD and He knows what to do with Them.. Those who keep Denying the Name Given by the LORD and put it in vain or cuss the name of the LORD JESUS is ready anytime and thoss baptised with His Holy Fire to be dressed by Righteousness.😊🙏🙏🙏

[@AveChristusRex]

Jesus was predicting the destruction of Jerusalem here too.

[@AveChristusRex]

@@helloman1051 Not replacement, strictly speaking, since the "remnant" of Israel, such as the Apostles and the Jews who followed the Messiah, are part of the Church, and so it is more the fact that Gentiles were invited in to the remnant, who are true Israel, and filled it up. 'Replacement theology' is not correct. That being said, objectively, the majority of Jews rejected, and still do reject, Christ. "He came unto His own, and His own recieved Him not, but as many as did recieve Him, to them He gave power to become the children of God."

[@nathanngumi8467]

Word.

[@marysundharam5137]

I wish you had explained the significance of the wedding garment.

[@mikem4432]

This parable shows many things.. one of the most important parables in the ENTIRE BIBLE. The ones on the top of the list was his chosen people.. the people of God, the Hebrew. And they refused the banquiet.. they all turn away from the Son and killed his servant.. like John the Baptist.. the ones on the lowest, the people on the outskirts or Gentiles.. are for the first time invited and wear the Clothes of the Feast.. except one in this parable.. who thought he could partake of the feast(Kingdom of God)without following his rules.. he gets tossed out into pugitory.

[@moniquelemaire5333]

Excellent lesson 😀. The key word is eucharistia. Thanksgiving. What Bible do you use?? Is it an interlinear Bible??? I ask because I am trying to find some new Bibles to use. Thanks again for the great teaching. May God bless you and your family. Miss Monique 🙂 🙏🌷💗

[@thebestofmae]

Can't believe that there are four people who dislike this video. Tsktsktsk.

[@lavander961]

Sadly because They are the one make excuses to come on the wedding feast or making excuses to hear and put into their hearts the Gospel and they are the one Killing,attacking the soul of the servants. Let's pray for their conversion a change of heart to God and men.

[@winstonbarquez9538]

The point of the parable is that many are called, both Jews and Gentiles, but a few are worthy.

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[@MsHburnett]

The significance of the pagan gentile who came to the wedding but did not wear the wedding robe. This wedding garment is our obedience to Gods commands without which we are naked in the eyes of God. And cannot recieve his abundant graces

[@silverdrop7611]

The wedding 'garment' , is the garment of righteousness, which is spelt out in St Paul's letters. Check it out. :-)

[@pincher111]

Why was the undressed invitee thrown out?

[@lavander961]

It's only a metaphor wedding garment symbolizes Jesus Eucharist, death and resurrection of Jesus wrapping around all over our body and soul. Now if we are Without the wedding garment which is Without God Jesus the Saviour's saving loving acts his death and Resurrection wrapping around us and without participating in his Grace to Repent to go to Confession of Priest and in his Grace to do our best in his helped to obey HIS WILL . I think we are Doomed to decide to choose Hell just like the man who send HIMSELF to Hell.

[@francissweeney7318]

The catholic church does not baptize as Peter taught. Peter taught in order to receive the Holy Spirit you must be baptized " In the name of Jesus Christ." You will not be let in to the wedding feast if you are not filled with the Holy Spirit. Why does the catholic church reject the teaching of Peter ?

[@awakeningministries]

So why was the man thrown into outer darkness that did not have the wedding garment? Symbolism of Wedding Garment please...

[@pilgrimuccdurham6456]

Agreed. That's the trickiest part and I wanted to hear what he would say about it.

[@lavander961]

It's only a metaphor wedding garment symbolizes Jesus Eucharist, death and resurrection of Jesus wrapping around all over our body and soul. Now if we are Without the wedding garment which is Without God Jesus the Saviour's saving loving acts his death and Resurrection wrapping around us and without participating in his Grace to Repent to go to Confession of Priest and in his Grace to do our best in his helped to OBEY HIS WILL . I think we are Doomed to decide to choose Hell just like the man who send himself to Hell.

[@TheCelestialhealer]

I think the wedding garment is coming to the wedding in gratitude, humility, joy.

[@nicks0alive]

I just still dont understand what the garment means

[@jojorizal604]

Helloo.. how about the wedding garment ? Maybe its about or related to baptism .. ☺️

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[@soldumago8789]

The garment is the Holy Spirit. Without the HOLY SPIRIT, you will never know the truth!..

[@chrysocolapteserythrocepha5915]

The man without wedding garment probably represents "lukewarm" christians: "But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16 (DRA)

[@jojorizal604]

@@soldumago8789 you will received the Holy Spirit through baptism/when you are baptised

[@soldumago8789]

@@jojorizal604 Baptism is one part, and its not enough. It's true that you will received the Holy Spirit on baptism. But, you will lose it when you sins. The garment which given to us in baptism is lost when we sins, and SINS separate us in the LOVE of GOD. Consider watching this.. --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2i8mJKQgcSLpbM in Matthew 7:21-23 says (21) "Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God's kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. (22) On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, 'Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.' (23) Then I will tell those people clearly, 'Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.'

[@MrMurfle]

You can't begin to understand the implications of this parable without tying it together with the parable of the 10 virgins in Mt. 25 (the coming of the bridegroom) and Jesus's allusion to the Messianic Banquet (Is 25) in Mt. 8 (sons of the kingdom thrown out), along with His exposition on the Coming of the Son of Man and the lesson of the fig tree in Mt. 24 and the 'some standing here' to see His coming in Mt.16. When you do that you find Jesus's Coming, resurrection of the dead, and judgment of Old Covenant Israel all in perfect harmony, occurring in the first century (with AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem and the Mosaic system fitting the bill nicely). All this meshes with Revelation's telling of the destruction of Babylon (i.e., Jerusalem, for 'in her was found the blood of prophets and saints'), the harlot wife, followed by the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Wow! Additionally, the biblically pervasive motif of Yahweh and Israel's marriage and divorce found in Jer. 31 and Hos. 1,2 is worth serious investigation, as it integrates with the wedding theme of the marriage feast parable and associated passages.

[@LK-ns7hr]

I missed something. Why does the guy without the wedding garment get punished? If he was poor, he couldn't afford any clothes.

[@lavander961]

It's only a metaphor wedding garment symbolizes Jesus Eucharist, death and resurrection of Jesus wrapping around all over our body and soul. Now if we are Without the wedding garment which is Without God Jesus the Saviour's saving loving acts his death and Resurrection wrapping around us and without participating in his Grace to Repent to go to Confession of Priest and in his Grace to do our best in his helped to obey HIS WILL . I think we are Doomed to decide to choose Hell just like the man who send himself to Hell.

[@LK-ns7hr]

@@lavander961 Thank you for your great reply. I also just heard Dr. Tim Grey explain that everyone who comes to the feast should be covered in the works of love

[@chrysocolapteserythrocepha5915]

The man without wedding garment probably represents "lukewarm" christians: "But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16 (DRA)

[@FrPremKumar]

Brother you should have explained the whole parable, you have not explained the whole parable...

[@76katster]

This is a sample from a much longer explanation that you pay for in a subscription 😉

[@nickk4851]

I still struggle with the "many are called, but few are chosen" lines in scripture. Does the Church teach that most people are going to hell? I don't see how that couldn't be the case with lines like this from scripture.

[@nickk4851]

@Tony Spinelle Thank you for that brief summary. When you say that the Church won't say "most" people are going to hell, do you know if that's because She doesn't interpret these types of scripture passages that way, or is it more like She doesn't have the authority to say that? And I've heard people say things similar to your last sentence, but I've heard equally respectable people denounce that line of thought. Overall, I find myself to still be confused when it comes to salvation theology (soteriology). I'm a relatively recent revert to the faith, trying to get myself caught up to speed on Church teachings, and that's the one area I find most interesting, confusing, and troubling.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@nickk4851 The latter, I would say, Nick. The Church won't even say that Stalin is in hell. It doesn't know for sure, and beyond what has been revealed is left in the realm of mystery. But it is a sobering line. Another one is the verse about how if we try to save our lives, we'll lose them. Alright, expand that out to the Protestant 'get-out-of-jail-free' monopoly card and the question of if our only motivation for following Christ is to avoid hell... I keep coming back to a relationship. God wants a loving relationship with us. He doesn't just want to be our 'get-out-of-jail-free' card.

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[@nickk4851]

@@paulmiller3469 I find that interesting, how the Church wouldn't speak as to how many people (even in general terms) are likely in hell, when we have scripture passages that say things like "many are called, but few are chosen". Are we saying the Church doesn't have the authority to interpret all of scripture? How can Jesus say things like this and the Church not interpret it? If the Church isn't going to interpret it, who is? Jesus said "many are called, but few are chosen". That means something, and it sounds like a very severe warning regarding our salvation. P.s. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my comments. I'm just trying to understand this stuff.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@nickk4851 I think its more along the lines of some things being open to interpretation and some things just relegated to mystery. Not speculating about who may be in hell seems fully in line with Christ's teachings to me.

[@frjobv]

What is the meaning of wedding vestments....?? Why he was cast out...? Can anyone please explain..?

[@joeobrien196]

Khrotso Koza there may another part in a day or two. Otherwise the video might be too long.

[@sherrywhite1517]

Once heard, when you were invited, the king provided everything you needed to attend including the clothes--so this guy must have refused these items. The garments would be the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where we can be clothed in righteousness, a clean soul, but this guy refused. Therefore, the king (God) was angry and tossed him out into the outer darkness for refusing the king's mercy. Hope this helps...

[@frjobv]

@@sherrywhite1517 Thank you very much...God bless you 🙏

[@39knights]

@@sherrywhite1517 Pretty much what I was taught. The wedding garment is our baptismal garment. I heard one version where the first ones asked to the Beatific Vision were the Angels. We know from scripture that 1/3 of them refused it and followed Satan to their destruction. I think that is where some of the Fathers said that now God was inviting humans, the number of which would replace those Angels. It was also said that the King would provide the wedding garment (and everything needed for the feast) and you just had to show up. But these garments were expensive and most likely the guest without one sold his for the money and still tried to show up at the wedding. Think of Esau (I said Jacob first but Paul Miller caught my mistake) who sold his inheritance for a bowl of soup.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@39knights Esau, not Jacob.

[@maryanne8395]

So if the good and the bad are invited, why is the one poorly dressed kicked out? Does he represent those with the stain of unrepentant sin?

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[@ericcarreno]

Representa the ones with no holiness , must put new robes. No attachment to sin (old robes)

[@lavander961]

It's only a metaphor wedding garment symbolizes Jesus Eucharist, death and resurrection of Jesus wrapping around all over our body and soul. Now if we are Without the wedding garment which is Without God Jesus the Saviour's saving loving acts his death and Resurrection wrapping around us and without participating in his Grace to Repent to go to Confession of Priest and in his Grace to do our best in his helped to obey HIS WILL . I think we are Doomed to decide to choose Hell just like the man who send himself to Hell.

[@chrysocolapteserythrocepha5915]

The man without wedding garment probably represents "lukewarm" christians: "But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16 (DRA)

[@nhartigan72]

Be careful not to be the one trying to attend the banquet whom has not cleaned up & prepared, put on his finest spiritual clothes.

[@lindahernandez4456]

scriptures tell us there's only ONE God & His name is JESUS CHRIST & there's only ONE way to be saved - ACTS 2:38 - repentance, baptism in JESUS name & receiving the HOLY GHOST with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues. today is the day of salvation.

[@reemsuekar8112]

FATHER, thank You for Inviting me, a nobody, I’m so happy! You’re so Loving & Caring, You included the address, thank You: "You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.” I’m coming dressed properly so I don’t have to leave, look at my dress : “She was given fine linen in which to clothe herself, linen bright and clean". Gotta wear jewels for my KING: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baW1iqKNfNxmiNk

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[@chissstardestroyer]

I know I'd happily refuse to attend anything at all to do with royalty just for the simple and completely sound reason that it *is* something established by royalty- the vermin of the earth is what they are, same with anyone not depending on the consent of the *governed* for their power. I'd not only refuse, but send a completely contempt-bearing letter to them telling them exactly where those filth can stuff it, merely because of their offices.

[@paulmiller3469]

And that letter would probably be tossed aside these days in western monarchy. But I wonder if you'd be so bold if you knew the action of sending the letter might cost you your life? Also, if you are that strongly opposed to any kingdom, then... well... I don't know what to say. As for me, I'd rather sweep streets in the Kingdom of God than own the streets anywhere in this world.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@chissstardestroyer I would say if you are standing up for a friend, that is sacrificial love; but if you are just standing up for yourself, that's pride and arrogance.

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@paulmiller3469 Not at all, for one's allowed to die or to kill to defend oneself from being murdered, which's what that king's troops were clearly engaged in doing, so that monarch himself is a mass-murderer who himself has to be lynched.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@chissstardestroyer Lol, somehow I'm having trouble connecting dots between self defense on the one hand and sending an insulting letter to a king known for reacting badly to insults on the other.

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@paulmiller3469 Because the lot of them are worthless tyrants and thieves who're so prideful that its best to insult them just out of sheer spite for their places.