Matthew 22:3

Matthew 22:3
And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

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Matthew 22:4
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

Matthew 22:5
But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

Matthew 22:6
And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

Matthew 22:7
But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Matthew 22:8
Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

Matthew 22:9
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

Matthew 22:10
And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

Matthew 22:11
But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

Matthew 22:12
And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2
She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,

Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.

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Matthew 22:1
And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

Matthew 22:2
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

Genesis 29:22
And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

Esther 2:18
Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

Judges 14:2
And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.

John 2:1
On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

1 Samuel 9:13
When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.

Judges 14:10
Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.

Esther 1:12
But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

Luke 14:15
And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:30
So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.

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Luke 14:17
And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

2 Corinthians 5:21
For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Revelation 3:20
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

Jeremiah 35:15
And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.

Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?

Hosea 6:1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.

Luke 14:21
And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

Luke 14:22
And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

Luke 14:23
And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

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John 5:40
And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

Romans 10:21
But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

Hosea 9:17
My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

Hosea 11:2
When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

Hosea 11:7
My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.

Luke 15:28
But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

Hebrews 12:25
See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

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Psalms 81:11
But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

Proverbs 1:24
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

Proverbs 1:25
You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

Proverbs 1:26
So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

Proverbs 1:27
When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

Proverbs 1:28
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Proverbs 1:30
They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

Isaiah 65:12
Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

Isaiah 66:4
So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

Jeremiah 25:4
And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;

Isaiah 30:15
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

Isaiah 50:2
Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

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Matthew 22:14
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

Luke 14:16
And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

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Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.

Isaiah 48:16
Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

Zechariah 4:9
The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.

Luke 1:19
And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

John 1:6
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

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