Matthew 22:8-10

The king did not begin the wedding feast then. He sent out more slaves to invite anyone to attend. The original guests were not worthy because they disregarded the king’s invitations. They failed to respond to his invitation to come freely. The king sent His slaves out into the "main highways" (NASB, Gr. tas diexodous ton hodon, lit. "street corners," NIV, places where people congregated) to invite everyone to the feast (cf. Matthew 8:11; Matthew 21:43). His slaves went out into the streets and gathered everyone who would come, the evil and the good in the sight of men. Finally the wedding hall was full of guests.

"The calling of other guests now (still going on) takes the place of the first invitation-a new exigency and preparation being evolved-and the supper, until these guests are obtained . . . is postponed to the Second Advent." [Note: Peters, 1:379.]

The majority of the Jews were not worthy to attend the messianic banquet at the beginning of the kingdom because they rejected God’s gracious offer of entrance by faith in His Son. Therefore God’s slaves would go out into the whole world to invite as many as would to come, Jews and Gentiles alike (Matthew 28:19). Jesus predicted that many, not just Jews but also Gentiles, would respond so when the kingdom began the great banquet hall would be as full as God intended.