Matthew 22:1
And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:
Bible in Basic English
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 certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
Cross References
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
Matthew 13:3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
Matthew 21:28But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
Luke 8:10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
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 →