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Matthew 22:4

So he sent out more servants, with the instructions, ‘Tell those who are invited that I've prepared the wedding banquet. The bulls and fattened calves have been killed—everything's ready. So come to the wedding!’

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3“He sent out his servants to everyone who was invited to the wedding to tell them to come, but they refused.

5But they ignored the invitation and left. One went to his fields; another to take care of his business.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen to you, and forgot about all the miracles you did for them. They became obstinate and decided to choose themselves a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and merciful, slow to get angry, and full of trustworthy love. You did not give up on them,

Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.

Matthew 21:36So he sent more servants, but the farmers did the same things to them.

Luke 10:1After this, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples, and sent them in pairs to every town and place that he planned to visit.

Luke 24:46He told them, “It was written like this: the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in his name

Acts 1:8“But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on 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 →

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