Matthew 22:1
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 20:1–16
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Read in contextMatthew 12:43–45
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Read in contextLuke 8:10
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
Read in contextMark 4:33–34
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
Read in contextMatthew 13:3–11
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Read in contextLuke 14:16
But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
Read in contextMatthew 9:15–17
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Read in contextMatthew 21:28–46
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
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