Matthew 22:4
"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "`My breakfast is now ready," he said, `my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
3and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.
5"They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;
Cross References
Matthew 21:36Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
Luke 10:1After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.
Luke 24:46and He said, "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise again from among the dead;
Acts 1:8and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts 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 →