Series: Kids Online Explorers 2025
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
January 19, 2025
Passage: Matthew 22:1-14
One day Jesus told a story about a king who planned a special
banquet and invited many people. This is the story:
A king decided to have a celebration, a banquet, and have many
people come to his palace. The king prepared special food for
everyone to enjoy at the banquet. The servants made everything
ready for the special event.
The king sent his servants to the towns and villages nearby to
invite people to come to the banquet. The king said: “Tell all the
people to come to the banquet.”
The servants went out just as the king commanded. They told
people about the special banquet and invited the people to join the
king. But no one listened. No one was interested. The people just
went back to their work. Some of the people even hurt the king’s
servants who had invited them.
This made the king angry. He punished the people for not
coming to his banquet.
Then the king told his servants to go out again and invite other
people to the banquet. The servants invited many more people,
and these people went to the banquet. The king’s banquet hall
was filled with guests.
The king was pleased with the people who joined him. But he
was not pleased about the people who chose not to come.
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