Parable of the Great Banquet

The parable told by Jesus of Nazareth from the great supper of God has invitation to the people on the subject. It was narrated in the Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible by the Gospel according to Luke ( Lk 14:15-24 EU) and by the Gospel according to Matthew ( Mt 22:1-14 EU). A variant of this parable is also found in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas in saying 64.

Content

A man sends his servant to invite guests to a great banquet in his house. However, none of the guests have time. One must Seen a newly purchased farm, another a neugekauftes yoke of oxen and a third has just married just now. When the man hears this, he gets angry and sends his servant going to invite all the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. So his house is full. The parable concludes with the case of a man that none of the originally invited guests will attend his supper.

Interpretation

The parable is introduced by the statement of a man's side ". Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God" Then Jesus tells the parable of the great supper. By referring this it is clear that it is not in the story of a mere Supper, but the Supper symbolic of the kingdom of God, in which people are invited.

Liturgical use

In classical lectionary of the Western Church ( and to this day in the Lesordnung EKD ), the parable is read after Trinity as gospel on the 2nd Sunday and Sunday is his characteristic theme. Johann Sebastian Bach created as a meditation to the cantatas The heavens declare the glory of God and Oh God, look down from heaven into it.

Artistic Desk

The parable was received in paintings by artists such as Bernardo Cavallino, Jan Luyken and John Everett Millais.