Matthew 22:4
"Again he sent out other slaves. ‘Tell the invited guests,’ he said,’that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.’
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3"He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come.
5"They, however, paid no attention, but went off, one to his own farm, another to his business;
Cross References
Matthew 21:36"Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.
Luke 10:1After this the appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before his face, into every city and place into which he himself intended to go.
Luke 24:46and he said. "Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead, the third day;
Acts 1:8"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the 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 →