It does not include hymns about other topics which could be implied from the parable - just ones which relate directly to it or to very similar stories.
The list is grouped into two sections:
- Free-use (either copyright has expired, or the author has allowed them to be freely used)
- Still subject to copyright and so can only be used if you are covered by a copyright license.
Both children's and adults hymns / songs are included in each list - because except for the youngest of children, it is is difficult to draw a clear distinction between them.
About the Parable of the Wedding Feast
This story, also known as the parable of the Great Banquet, or the Parable of the Wedding of the King's Son or Parable of the Royal Wedding is told in:- Luke 14:16-24
- Matthew 22:1-14
In this parable Jesus says that the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who prepared a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call people to feast, but they would not come. The king responded by inviting whoever he could find from the street to come instead, both bad and good. When the king saw the guests, he noted that one man wasn't wedding clothing, and he was ejected with the explanation "For many are called, but few chosen."
It is not the same as the parable of the wedding feast at Cana, in which Jesus turns water into wine.
Songs and hymns which may be freely used
- All is Ready - Crosby
- All Things are Ready Come to the Feast - Gabriel
- At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing
- Comes Sinners to the Gospel Feast - Wesley
- Come Ye Who are the Bidden Guests
- Deck Thyself my Soul with Gladness
- Have ye Heard the Invitation - Hoppe
- How Rich are Thy Provisions Lord - Watts
- Lord we Adore Thy Boundless Grace (verse 3) - Steele
- My God and is Thy Table Spread
- Sinners Obey the Gospel Word (verse 1) - Wesley
- The Lamb's High Banquet
- Thy Hand O Lord has Guided (verse 2)
- Ye Sons of Men Come one and All
- Ye Wretched Hungry Starving Poor
Hymns and songs which may still be copyright
- A King Planned a Party - Gillette, tune THE ASHGROVE (author's website)
- A King Put on Feast - Grindal
- Among us and Before us Lord - Bell
- Come and Dine (Well, the Lord gave a party and invited the neighbours) - Ylvisaker
- Come and Dine the Master Calleth - Widmeyer (public domain in the US but not in some countries)
- Come the Banquet Hall is Ready - Hesla / Dexheimer-Pharris
- Come to the Banquet the Table is Set - Clark / Thomerson
- From all the Wind's Wide Quarters - Dudley-Smith
- I Call you to my Father's House - Dufner
- Parable of the Banquet - Johnston (video)
- Shout for Joy the Lord has Let us Feast - Bell / Maule
- The Wedding Banquet / I Cannot Come - Winter
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