Verse 3

And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 When ye be come into the citie, ye shall finde him strayghtway yer he go vp to the hil to eate: for ye people wil not eate vntil he come, because he doth blesse the offring, and then eate they that be bydden to the feast: Nowe therfore get you vp, for this day shal ye finde him.
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lorde gaue the worde: great was the company of the preachers.
  • Ps 81:10-12 : 10 I am God thy Lorde which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wyde, and I wyll fill it. 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations.
  • Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded: 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught: 26 Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you, 27 Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you. 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me: 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde, 30 They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction. 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions. 32 For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.
  • Prov 9:1-3 : 1 Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers: 2 She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table: 3 She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie,
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus saith the Lorde God, euen the holy one of Israel: In repentaunce and in rest shall ye be safe, in quietnesse and sure confidence shalbe your strength, but ye haue had no list thereto.
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth. 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus saith the Lorde, Go into the streetes, consider and make inquisition for the olde way, and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may finde rest for your soules: but they say, we wyll not walke therin. 17 Moreouer, I wyl set watchmen ouer you, and therefore take heede vnto the voyce of the trumpet: but they say, we wyll not take heede.
  • Jer 25:4 : 4 Though the Lord hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season, yet would ye not obay, ye would not encline your eares to heare.
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 Yea I haue sent my seruauntes al the prophetes vnto you, I rose vp early, and sent you worde, saying: O turne you nowe euery man from his wicked way, amende your liues, and go not after straunge gods to worship them, that ye may continue in the lande whiche I haue geuen vnto you and your fathers: but ye woulde neither heare me nor folowe me.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 They called them but they went thus from them: they sacrificed vnto Baal, and burned incense to images.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them: for when the prophetes called them to the most hyest, not one yet woulde geue him his glorie.
  • Zeph 1:7 : 7 Be still at the presence of the Lorde God, for the day of the Lord is at hand: yea the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, and called his ghestes therto.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande.
  • Matt 10:6-7 : 6 But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. 7 As ye go, preache, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is at hande.
  • Matt 21:34 : 34 And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?
  • Mark 6:7-9 : 7 And he called the twelue, and beganne to sende them foorth, two and two, and gaue the power ouer vncleane spirites. 8 And commaunded them, that they shoulde take nothyng in their iourney, saue a staffe only: no scrippe, no bread, no money in their purse. 9 But shoulde be shoed with sandales: And that they shoulde not put on two coates. 10 And he sayde vnto them: Whersoeuer ye enter into an house, there abyde tyll ye depart thence. 11 And whosoeuer shall not receaue you nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake of the dust that is vnder your feet, for a witnesse vnto them: I say veryly vnto you, it shalbe easyer for the Sodomites and the Gomorrheans in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
  • Luke 9:1-6 : 1 Iesus called the twelue together, and gaue the power and aucthoritie ouer al deuils, and that they might heale diseases. 2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God, and to heale the sicke. 3 And he saide vnto the: Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrippe, neither bread, neither money, neither haue two coates. 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abyde, and thence depart. 5 And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you, when ye go out of that citie, shake of the very dust from your feete, for a testimonie agaynst them. 6 And they departed, and went through the townes, preachyng the Gospell, and healyng euerywhere.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which kyllest prophetes, and stonest them that are sent vnto thee, howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together, as a henne doth gather her young vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not?
  • Luke 14:15-17 : 15 When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God. 16 Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many, 17 And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy.
  • Luke 15:28 : 28 And he was angry, and woulde not go in: Therfore came his father out, and entreated hym.
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 Moreouer, those mine enemies, which woulde not that I shoulde raigne ouer the, bring hyther, & slea them before me.
  • John 5:40 : 40 And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But agaynst Israel he sayeth: All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape yf we turne away from hym that speaketh from heauen:
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the spirite and the bride say, come. And let hym that heareth, say also, come. And let hym that is a thirst, come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, freely.