Matthew 22:14

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For many are invited, but few are chosen.

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  • Rev 17:14 : 14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 For the gate is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few find it.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
  • Luke 13:23-24 : 23 Someone asked him, 'Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?' He said to them, 24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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  • Matt 20:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

    17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them,

  • Matt 22:1-13
    13 verses
    79%

    1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

    2 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

    4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my oxen and fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'

    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.

    7 The king was enraged. He sent his army, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

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

    9 Go therefore to the main roads, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.

    10 So those servants went out into the roads and gathered all they found, both good and bad. The wedding hall was filled with guests.

    11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

    12 He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

    13 Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Matt 7:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

    14 For the gate is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few find it.

  • Luke 13:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 Someone asked him, 'Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?' He said to them,

    24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

  • Luke 14:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.'

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

  • Matt 8:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 I tell you, many will come from the east and the west and will recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

    12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 14:7
    73%

    7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable:

  • Luke 14:20-25
    6 verses
    72%

    20 Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’

    21 The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

    22 ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

    23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’

    24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.

    25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

  • Matt 9:37
    72%

    37 Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.'

  • Matt 19:30
    72%

    30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

  • 1 Cor 1:26
    71%

    26 Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

  • Matt 13:42
    70%

    42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 25:30
    70%

    30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 10:31
    70%

    31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.'

  • Matt 22:15
    69%

    15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words.

  • Luke 13:30
    69%

    30 Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

  • Matt 7:21
    69%

    21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Matt 13:50
    69%

    50 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 25:14
    69%

    14 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

  • Matt 13:11
    69%

    11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them.

  • Luke 10:2
    69%

    2 He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.'

  • Matt 18:23
    68%

    23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • Luke 13:28
    68%

    28 There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

  • Matt 25:34
    68%

    34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

  • Matt 25:21
    68%

    21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

  • Matt 25:10
    68%

    10 While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

  • Luke 12:47
    68%

    47 That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

  • Matt 25:23
    68%

    23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’