Matthew 22:1
And Jesus answering, spoke to them again in parables, saying:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
In Context
2The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;
Cross References
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.
Matthew 13:3And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
Matthew 21:28But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.
Luke 8:10He replied: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that when they see, they may not see, and when they hear, they may not understand.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:1
This chapter is a continuation of Christ's discourses in the temple, two or three days before he died. His discourses then are largely recorded, as being of special weight and consequence. In this chapter, we have, I. Instruction given, by the parable of the marriage-supper, concerning the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles ( ver. 1-10 ), and, by the doom of the guest that had not the wedding-garment, the danger of hypocrisy in the profession of Christianity, ver. 11-14 . II. Disputes with the… Read the whole commentary →