Matthew 22:1
Once again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
In Context
2“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
Cross References
Matthew 9:15Jesus said to them, “Can the bridegroom's attendants mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew 13:3Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Luke 8:10He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but 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 →