Matthew 22:4 “Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invi…”

Matthew 22:4

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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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!”’

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“other”

Acts 13:46 Luke 10:1–16 Acts 1:8 Acts 28:17–31 Luke 24:46 Luke 24:47

Acts 13:46 · BSB

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.

Luke 10:1–16 · BSB

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

Acts 1:8 · BSB

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 28:17–31 · BSB

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 Jer…

Luke 24:46 · BSB

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Luke 24:47 · BSB

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

“Behold”

John 6:50–57 Song of Solomon 5:1 Romans 8:32 Proverbs 9:1 Proverbs 9:2 1 Corinthians 5:7

John 6:50–57 · BSB

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

Song of Solomon 5:1 · BSB

I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. The Friends Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O be…

Romans 8:32 · BSB

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Proverbs 9:1 · BSB

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2 · BSB

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

1 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

“and all”

Matthew 22:8 Nehemiah 9:17 Psalm 86:5 Luke 14:17

Matthew 22:8 · BSB

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

Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB

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 co…

Psalm 86:5 · BSB

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Luke 14:17 · BSB

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

Also

Matthew 21:36

Matthew 21:36 · BSB

Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

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