Matthew 22:1
And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
In Context
2'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,
Cross References
Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.
Matthew 13:3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
Matthew 21:28'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'
Luke 8:10And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may 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 →