Bible Verses

But they paid no attention and walked away, some heading to their farms and others to their work.

Once again, he sent out other servants, telling them to say to the invited guests, ‘I have prepared a banquet, slaughtered my fattened calves and other animals, and now everything is ready. Come to the wedding!’

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the banquet, but they refused to come.

“This story sheds light on the kingdom of heaven: A king hosted a wedding banquet for his son.

Parable of the Wedding Banquet Jesus kept talking to them in parables:

They would have arrested him, but they were afraid of the crowd, who regarded him as a prophet.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard these parables, they understood that Jesus was talking about them.

[Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and on whomsoever this stone falls, he will be ground to dust.]”

Therefore, I tell you: the kingdom of heaven will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

And Jesus replied: “Have you never read what the Scriptures say? The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, and we marvel at it.