Synoptic Sayings - Parable of the Feast

The FEAST
274	Matt 22	Mark	216	Luke 14	Thom 64
1	And again		15	When one of those
	Jesus spoke to them			who sat at table with him
	in parables,			heard this,
	saying,			he said to him,
				"Blessed is he
				who shall eat bread
2	"The kingdom of heaven			in the kingdom of God!"
	may be compared		16	But he said to him,	1	Jesus said,
	to a king			"A man		"A man
	who gave a marriage feast			once gave a great banquet,		was receiving
	for his son,
				and invited many;		guests.
3	and		17	and at the time		When he had prepared
				for the banquet		the dinner
	sent his <slaves>			he sent his <slave>		he sent his slave
	to call those			to say to those
	who were invited			who had been invited,		to invite the guests.
	to the marriage feast;
	but they would not come.			'Come;
4	Again				2	The slave went
	he sent other <slaves>,			[see Luke 14:18 below]		to the first*
	saying,					and said,
	'Tell those who are invited,					'My master invites you.'
	Behold,
	I made ready my dinner,
	my oxen and my fat calves
	are killed,
	and everything is ready;			for all is now ready.'
	come to the marriage feast.'
5	But they		18	But they alike began
	made light of it			to make excuses.
				The first*	3	That one [see Thom 64:2 above]
				said to him,		said,
				'I have bought a field,		'Some merchants
						owe me money;
						they are coming
						to me tonight.
	and went off,			and I must go		I have to go
	one to his farm,			and see it;		and give them instructions.
				I pray you,		Please
				have me excused.'		excuse me
						from dinner.'
					4	The slave went to another*
						and said to that one,
						'My master has invited you.'
	another		19	Another* said,	5	That one said to the slave,
				'I have bought five yoke		'I have bought a house
				of oxen,
	to his business,			and I go to examine them;		and I have been called away
						for a day.
				I pray you,
				have me excused.'		I shall have no time.'
					6	The slave went to another*
						and said to that one,
						'My master invites you.'
			20	And another* said,	7	That one said to the servant,
				'I have married a wife,		'My friend is to be married,
						and I am to arrange
						the banquet.
				and therefore
				I cannot come.'		I shall not be able to come.
						Please excuse me
						from dinner.'
					8	The slave went to another
						and said to that one,
						'My master invites you.'
					9	That one said to the slave,
						'I have bought and estate,
						and I am going
						to collect the rent.
						I shall not be able to come.
						Please excuse me.'
6	while the rest
	seized his <slaves>,
	treated them shamefully,
	and killed them.
			21	So the <slave> came	10	The slave returned
				and reported this		and said
				to his master.		to his master,
						'Those whom you invited
						to dinner
						have asked to be excused.'
7	The king			Then the householder	11	The master
	was angry,			in anger
	and sent his troops,
	and destroyed
	those murderers
	and burned their city.
8	Then he said to his <slaves>,			said to his <slave>,		said to his slave,
	"The wedding is ready,
	but those invited			[see Luke 14:24 below]
	were not worthy.
	'Go therefore			'Go out quickly		'Go out
	to the thoroughfares,			to the streets*		on the streets*
				and lanes of the city,
	and invite			and bring in		and bring back
	to the marriage feast
	as many as you can find.'			[see Luke 14:23 below]		whomever you find
				the poor and maimed
				and blind and lame.'
			22	And the <slave> said, 'Sir,
				what you commanded
				has been done,
				and there is still room.'
9	And		23	And the master said
	those <slaves>			to the <slave>,
	went out into the streets*			'Go out to the highways
				and hedges,
	and gathered all			and compel people
	whom they found,			to come in,
	both bad and good;
	so the wedding hall			that my house		to have dinner.'
	was filled with guests.			may be <full>.
			24	For I tell you,
	[see Matt 22:8 above]			none of those men	12	Buyers and merchants
				who were invited		will not enter
				shall taste my banquet.'"		the places of my Father."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel
*	Same wording, different order.
<full>	Wording of RSV revised to reflect Greek.
216	Sequence in synoptic outlines