Matthew 22:1
Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
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Matthew 9:15Jesus answered, “Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.
Matthew 13:3Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,
Matthew 21:28What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said ‘Go and work in the vineyard today my son.’
Luke 8:10“To you,” he said, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the kingdom of God has been imparted, but to others in parables only, so that though they have eyes they may not see, and though they have ears, they may not understand.
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 →