Neotestamentica 49.2 (2015) 321–350 © New Testament Society of Southern Africa “Whomever You Find, Invite”: The Parable of the Great Supper (Q 14:16–21, 23) and the Redaction of Q Llewellyn Howes University of Johannesburg Abstract In The Formation of Q, Kloppenborg identifies three redactional layers in the Sayings Gospel Q: the “fὁrmative stratum” (ὁr ἣ¹), the “maiὀ reἶaἵtiὁὀ” (ὁr ἣ²), aὀἶ the “fiὀal reἵeὀsiὁὀ” (ὁr ἣ³)έ ώe ascribes Q 14:16–24 to the main redaction. As an alternative, this article argues that the passage in question appeared in the formative stratum before it was incorporated into the main redaction. Key Terms Sayings Gospel Q; Kloppenborg; redaction; stratification; stratigraphy; Parable of the Great Supper; Parable of the Leaven; Parable of the Mustard Seed; Q 14:16–21, 23; formative stratum; main redaction 1 Introduction In The Formation of Q, Kloppenborg (1987) identifies three redactional layers iὀ the Sayiὀgs ἕὁspel ἣμ the “fὁrmative stratum” (ὁr ἣ¹), the “maiὀ reἶaἵtiὁὀ” (ὁr ἣ²), aὀἶ the “fiὀal reἵeὀsiὁὀ” (ὁr Q³). He ascribes Q 14:16– 24 to the main redaction (Kloppenborg 1987, 229–230; cf. 1995, 290). As an alternative, it will presently be argued that this passage appeared in the formative stratum before it was incorporated into the main redaction. As the foregoing paragraph reveals, this article accepts the stratigraphy of Q proposed by Kloppenborg in 1987, thereby using it as a basis for further study. A number of other scholars have done the same (e.g., Vaage 1994, 7, 107; Cotter 1995, 117; Arnal 2001, 5; Rollens 2014, 94–95, 105, 109–113). The present author has defended his acceptance and apprὁval ὁf Klὁppeὀbὁrg’s stratigraphy ὁf ἣ at leὀgth elsewhere (see Howes 2015a, 61–89, 151).