22:1 耶穌又用比喻對他們說：
22:2 「天國好比一個王為他兒子擺設娶親的筵席，
22:3 就打發僕人去，請那些被召的人來赴席，他們卻不肯來。
22:4 王又打發別的僕人，說：『你們告訴那被召的人，我的筵席已經預備好了，牛和肥畜已經宰了，各樣都齊備，請你們來赴席。』
22:5 那些人不理就走了；一個到自己田裡去；一個做買賣去；
22:6 其餘的拿住僕人，凌辱他們，把他們殺了。
22:7 王就大怒，發兵除滅那些兇手，燒燬他們的城。
22:8 於是對僕人說：『喜筵已經齊備，只是所召的人不配。
22:9 所以你們要往岔路口上去，凡遇見的，都召來赴席。』
22:10 那些僕人就出去，到大路上，凡遇見的，不論善惡都召聚了來，筵席上就坐滿了客。
22:11 王進來觀看賓客，見那裡有一個沒有穿禮服的，
22:12 就對他說：『朋友，你到這裡來怎麼不穿禮服呢？』那人無言可答。
22:13 於是王對使喚的人說：『捆起他的手腳來，把他丟在外邊的黑暗裡；在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。』
22:14 因為被召的人多，選上的人少。」
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
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你看重主耶穌的福音嗎？福音就像這個比喻所說的，是王子的婚禮。雖然國王很熱心地為王子辦婚，也邀請許多人來參加，但是被邀請的人不看重，他們的反應是：「那些人不理就走了；一個到自己田裡去；一個做買賣去；其餘的拿住僕人，凌辱他們，把他們殺了。」
這是多麼不尊重的行為啊！以致國王發怒了，於是有所作為，就像聖經所說：「王就大怒，發兵除滅那些兇手，燒燬他們的城。」
然而宴席都準備好，卻不能沒有客人，主人還是要僕人去邀請人來參加宴席。但是差強人意的是，是有人沒有穿禮服，被趕出宴席之外。
所以，一個人要能享受福音的好處，首先需要有上帝的呼召，其次要準備好自己。當然上帝的呼召是出於上帝的恩典與憐憫；而準備好的人，是有聖靈的啟示，知道一定要信靠主耶穌，尊主為大，看耶穌基督為至寶！
也因此，一個蒙上帝揀選的人，必定是被上帝呼召與聖靈動工的人！
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