{Again in parables} (palin en parabolais). Matthew has
already given two on this occasion (The Two Sons, The Wicked
Husbandmen). He alone gives this Parable of the Marriage Feast of
the King's Son. It is somewhat similar to that of The Supper in
 Lu 14:16-23  given on another occasion. Hence some scholars
consider this merely Matthew's version of the Lucan parable in
the wrong place because of Matthew's habit of grouping the
sayings of Jesus. But that is a gratuitous indictment of
Matthew's report which definitely locates the parable here by
palin. Some regard it as not spoken by Jesus at all, but an
effort on the part of the writer to cover the sin and fate of the
Jews, the calling of the Gentiles, and God's demand for
righteousness. But here again it is like Jesus and suits the
present occasion.