Matthew 22:4
Again, sent he other servants, saying—Say to the invited, Lo! my dinner, have I prepared, mine oxen and my fatlings, are slain,—and, all things, are, ready: Come ye into the marriage-feast.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3And sent his servants, to call the invited into the marriage-feast,—and they would not come.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:17but refused to hearken, neither kept in mind thy wonders which thou hadst done with them, but they hardened their neck, and appointed a head that they might return to their servitude, in their perverseness. But, thou, art a God of forgivenesses, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness, and didst not forsake them.
Proverbs 9:1Wisdom, hath builded her house, hath hewn out her seven pillars;
Matthew 21:36Again, sent he forth other servants, more than the first, and they did unto them, likewise.
Luke 10:1And, after these things, the Lord appointed seventy two others, and sent them forth, two and two before his face, into every city and place whither, he himself, was about to come.
Luke 24:46and said unto them—Thus, it is written, That the Christ, should suffer, and arise from among the dead on the third day;
Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit cometh upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and [in] all Judaea and Samaria and as far as the uttermost part of the land.
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 →