Parables of Conflict: The Wedding Banquet

Today, Jesus concludes the parabolic trilogy with the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. The thing about these particular parables is that they are not hard to understand—they are hard to swallow. It’s not that they are not clear—because they are crystal clear. They are so clear and so simple to understand that the world refuses to embrace them as the truth. Each parable builds upon itself—and the third is the crescendo within this symphony. But before Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday take place, Jesus shares a stark, startling, and terrifying parable about the Kingdom of God. Let’s examine how this reality impacts us personally today through the Parable of the Wedding Banquet.