{"id":1465,"date":"2026-10-11T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:23:39","slug":"the-wedding-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2026\/10\/11\/the-wedding-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 19th Sunday after Trinity on 11\/10\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/111026\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/111026\/111026.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:08<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Matthew 22 1-14 \t\n<br><br> \nThe Parable of the Wedding Banquet<\/font>\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>1<\/b><\/font> Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>2<\/b><\/font> \u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>3<\/b><\/font> He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>4<\/b><\/font> \u201cThen he sent some more servants and said, \u2018Tell 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.\u2019\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>5<\/b><\/font> \u201cBut they paid no attention and went off\u2014one to his field, another to his business. \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>6<\/b><\/font> The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>7<\/b><\/font> The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>8<\/b><\/font> \u201cThen he said to his servants, \u2018The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>9<\/b><\/font> So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.\u2019 \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>10<\/b><\/font> 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.\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>11<\/b><\/font> \u201cBut when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. \n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>12<\/b><\/font> He asked, \u2018How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?\u2019 The man was speechless.\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>13<\/b><\/font> \u201cThen the king told the attendants, \u2018Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u2019\n<br><br> \n<font color=\"blue\"><b>14<\/b><\/font> \u201cFor many are invited, but few are chosen.\u201d\n<br><br> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 19th Sunday after Trinity on 11\/10\/26 Download Mp3\u00a0HERE! 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