Matthew 22:4
Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
5But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
Matthew 21:36Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
Luke 24:46and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;
Acts 1:8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:2-15
The Parable of the Marriage Feast. 1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it,… Read the whole commentary →