"That none of those men which were bidden shall taste my supper" (xiv, 24). As they had already declined to do so, the force of the interdiction is not apparent. 226 Relate the circumstances connected with the attendance of the guest who wore no wedding garment. Matthew: "Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.... And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless" (xxii, 8-12). The relator of this incident, which is omitted by Luke, would have us suppose that the frequenters of the highways went clad in wedding garments. The parables of Jesus are declared to be perfect models of Literary composition, and filled with lessons of divine wisdom. A few of them possess some literary merit; but the most of them are faulty. They contain many questionable ethical teachings; they are illogically constructed; the imagery is unnatural, and the language crude. 227 In the parable of the Wicked Husbandmen did the owner of the vineyard send one servant, or more than one, each time to collect the rent? Mark and Luke: He sent but one (Mark xii, 2-5; Luke xx, 10-12). Matthew: He sent more than one (xxi, 33-36). 228 What happened to the servants? Matthew and Mark: Some of them were killed. Luke: They were beaten and sent away, but none were killed. 229 In the parable of the Talents how did the master apportion his money? Matthew: He gave to the first servant five talents, to the second two, to the third, one (xxv, 15). Luke: He gave to each one pound (xix, 13). 230 What was their gain? Matthew: Each doubled his money (16, 17). Luke: The first increased his tenfold, the second fivefold (16, 18). 231 What did the unprofitable servant do with the money entrusted to him? Matthew: He "digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money" (xxv, 18). Luke: He said, "Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin" (xix, 20). 232 What are the concluding words of Jesus in this parable? "For unto every one that hath shall be given: ... but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew xxv, 29, 30). "That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me" (Luke xix, 26, 27). 233 In the lawyer's interview with Jesus, who was it, the lawyer, or Jesus, that stated the two great commandments?