Matthew 22:6
while the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
In Context
5They, however, took no notice, but went off, one to their farm, another to their business;
7The king, in anger, sent his troops, put those murderers to death, and set their city on fire.
Cross References
Matthew 10:12As you enter the house, greet it.
Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
John 15:19If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world – that is why the world hates you.
Acts 4:1While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the chief priest, with the officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,
Acts 7:51Stubborn people, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of their people –
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 →