“... 22:2–14: Parable about the wedding garment. Rabbinic parables that are reminiscent of individual ideas. [...] With several variations, Midr. Eccl. 9:8 (42A): “At every time let your garments be white and your head never lacking oil” (Eccl 9:8). R. Yohanan b. Zakkai said, “If Scripture were speaking of white garments, how many white garments the nations of the world have! And if Scripture were speaking about good oils, how many good oils the nations of the world have! Behold, though, it is speaking only about fulfillments of the commandments and good works and the study of the Torah.” R. Judah the prince told a parable: “Like a king who held a banquet and invited zimmen (guests). He said, ‘Go, bathe yourselves, clean yourselves, anoint yourselves, wash your garments, and prepare yourselves for the banquet!’ Yet he did not fix a specific time for them. The wise walked back and forth at the entrance of the palace. They said, ‘Should the palace of the king lack anything?’ Yet the foolish did not concern themselves with the word of the king. They said, ‘Ultimately we will become aware of something from the king’s banquet! Is there ever a banquet without labor and fixing the order of the table?’ (so Matt. Keh.). Then the limestone painter went to his limestone, the potter to his clay, the smith to his coal, the washer to his washhouse. Suddenly the king commanded that all should come to the banquet. They were compelled to hurry. Some came in their adornment and the others in their ugliness. ...”