Matthew 22:2
1 Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
“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.
4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- KJV
- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- WEB
- “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
- ASV
- The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
- DARBY
- The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,
- BLB
- “The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son.
- ÅB
- «Himlenes rike er å ligne med en konge som holdt bryllup for sønnen sin.
- OTB
- "Himmelriket er likt en konge som arrangerte et bryllupsfest for sin sønn.
- B1930
- Himlenes rike er å ligne med en konge som gjorde bryllup for sin sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 19:7–9
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Read in contextMatthew 13:24
Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Read in contextEphesians 5:24–32
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Read in contextPsalms 45:10–16
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 22:2–14
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
Read in contextJohn 3:29–30
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Read in contextMatthew 13:31–33
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
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