The parable concludes with Jesus saying, "Many are invited, but few are chosen." The story told in the parable is one about love, Kirby explained to Fox News Digital.

During the Lord's earthly ministry, Jesus often spoke in parables, which were earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. And the Parable of the Ten Virgins is among the most memorable (see Matthew ...

But Jesus shapes this parable to startle us. He raises the stakes in the story, so that we can see why a human king would react with rage. All this king wants to do is throw one big, memorable ...

The Parable of The Great Banquet in Luke 14:15-24 is a story symbolizing God’s invitation for sinners to repent, accept Jesus Christ as their savior and join the celebration of the redeemed in ...

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet. “There’s a party and everyone is invited.” Jesus spoke in parables many times to try to get his message through to the people. Jesus spoke to them again ...

I hadn’t planned on having the guys act out the parable we were reading from Matthew’s Gospel, but Richard decided in the moment that it was necessary. It was, after all, a story to which he could ...

Jesus’ banquets were “enacted parables,” that is, symbolic actions intended to make a public theological statement, much as Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel had done before him.

This irony is driven home in various crucifixion narratives, in which Jesus’ “kingship” is mocked, either verbally (Matt. 27:29) or in writing (John 19:19). As if to remind people not to become too ...