Matthew 22:3
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.
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.’
5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
- KJV
- And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
- WEB
- and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
- ASV
- and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.
- DARBY
- and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
- BLB
- And he sent his servants to call those having been called to the wedding feast, and they were not willing to come.
- ÅB
- Og han sendte tjenerne sine ut for å kalle inn de innbudte til bryllupet, men de ville ikke komme.
- OTB
- Han sendte sine tjenere for å kalle de som var invitert til festen, men de ville ikke komme.
- B1930
- Og han sendte sine tjenere ut for å be de innbudne komme til bryllupet; men de vilde ikke komme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
Read in contextLuke 14:15–17
When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
Read in contextJohn 5:40
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
Read in contextPsalms 81:10–12
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Read in contextHosea 11:7
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Read in contextMatthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Read in contextRomans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
Read in contextHosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
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