Matthew 22:4

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.

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.

⁶ The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.’
KJV: 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.
WEB: Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
ASV: Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
DARBY: Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
BLB: Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Say to those having been called: Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready; come to the wedding feast.’

ÅB: Igjen sendte han andre tjenere ut og sa: ‘Si til de innbudte: “Jeg har gjort i stand måltidet: Oksene mine og det fetede feet mitt er slaktet, og alt er ferdig. Kom til bryllupet!”’
OTB: Igjen sendte han andre tjenere og sa: 'Si til de som er invitert: Se, jeg har forberedt min middag; mine okser og gjødde fe er slaktet, og alt er klart. Kom til bryllupsfesten.'
B1930: Atter sendte han andre tjenere ut og sa: Si til de innbudne: Se, jeg har gjort i stand mitt måltid: mine okser og mitt gjø-fe er slaktet, og alt er ferdig; kom til bryllupet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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John 6:50–57
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
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Matthew 21:36
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
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Psalms 86:5
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Luke 24:46–47
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
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Acts 28:17–31
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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Luke 14:17
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
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