Matthew 22:4
Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.
5But they neglected, and went their own ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
Matthew 21:36Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.
Luke 10:1And after these things the Lord appointed also other seventy-two: and he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come.
Luke 24:46And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, the third day:
Acts 1:8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part 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 →