Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare Him in words,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
In Context
14for many are called, and few chosen.”
Cross References
Psalms 41:6And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, || His heart gathers iniquity to itself, || He goes out—at the street he speaks.
Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps, || My soul has bowed down, || They have dug a pit before me, || They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Isaiah 29:21Who cause men to sin in word, || And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, || And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.
Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the evil report of many, “Fear [is] all around!” “Declare, and we declare it!” All my allies are watching [for] my halting, “Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, || And we take our vengeance on him.”
Luke 11:53And in His speaking these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press Him to speak about many things,
Hebrews 12:3for again consider Him who endured such contradiction from the sinners to Himself, that you may not be wearied in your souls—being faint.
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 →