Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Evangeliad (30:26-30)


Section 30:26-20 (corresponding to Matt. 22:10-14)

So the servants go out, the banquet is set,
All those brought in, in the King's hall are met;
They've responded in joy to His gracious call,
Arrayed in obedience, one and all.

Except, as the King comes, He sees one man,
Who gives no regard to the wedding-feast plan;
That man is not wearing the feast's festive robes,
No garment to answer the grace of the host.

The King says to him, 'Friend, how came you here,
Without the robes in which my guests should appear?'
But the man is silent; he gives no response;
So the King tells his servants, 'Tie him in bonds.

Yes, bind up his hands and bind up his feet,
And then toss him right back out in the street--
Out in the darkness, where grief is profuse,
For the called are many, but the chosen are few.'"