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Matthew 22:6

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.

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

7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

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BSB
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
KJV
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
WEB
and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
ASV
and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
DARBY
And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].
BLB
And the rest, having laid hold of his servants, mistreated and killed [them].
ÅB
Og de andre tok fatt på tjenerne hans, hånte dem og drepte dem.
OTB
De andre grep hans tjenere, mishandlet dem og drepte dem.
B1930
og de andre tok fatt på hans tjenere, hånte dem og slo dem ihjel.

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Cross references

  • John 15:19–20

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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  • Matthew 10:22–25

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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  • Matthew 5:10–12

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Acts 8:1

    And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

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  • John 16:2–3

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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  • Matthew 21:35–39

    But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15

    For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

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  • Acts 4:1–3

    While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

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