Matthew 22:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he sayd vnto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was speachlesse.

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  • Matt 20:13 : 13 And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?
  • Matt 26:50 : 50 Then Iesus sayde vnto him, Friende, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laide hands on Iesus, and tooke him.
  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.
  • Acts 5:2-9 : 2 And kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsell, and brought a certaine part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete. 3 Then saide Peter, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy Ghost, and keepe away part of the price of this possession? 4 Whiles it remained, appertained it not vnto thee? and after it was solde, was it not in thine owne power? howe is it that thou hast conceiued this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God. 5 Now when Ananias heard these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. Then great feare came on all them that heard these things. 6 And the yong men rose vp, and tooke him vp, and caried him out, and buried him. 7 And it came to passe about the space of three houres after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done. 8 And Peter sayd vnto her, Tell me, solde ye the land for so much? And she sayd, Yea, for so much. 9 Then Peter sayde vnto her, Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? beholde, the feete of them which haue buried thine husband, are at the doore, and shall carie thee out. 10 Then she fell downe straightway at his feete, and yeelded vp the ghost: and the yong men came in, and found her dead, and caried her out, and buried her by her husband. 11 And great feare came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.
  • Acts 8:20-23 : 20 Then saide Peter vnto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obteined with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this businesse: for thine heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickednes, and pray God, that if it be possible, the thought of thine heart may be forgiuen thee. 23 For I see that thou art in the gall of bitternes, and in the bonde of iniquitie.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lorde come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
  • Titus 3:11 : 11 Knowing that hee that is such, is peruerted, and sinneth, being damned of his owne selfe.
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, & know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.
  • Jer 2:26 : 26 As the theefe is ashamed, when he is foud, so is the house of Israel ashamed, they, their kings, their princes and their Priests, and their Prophets,

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    7 But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

    8 Then saide hee to his seruants, Truly the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.

    9 Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

    10 So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.

    11 Then the King came in, to see the ghestes, and sawe there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

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    13 Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    14 For many are called, but fewe chosen.

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    1 Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,

    2 The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

    3 And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

    4 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.

    5 But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

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    20 And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.

    21 So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

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    7 He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,

    8 When thou shalt be bidden of any man to a wedding, set not thy selfe downe in the chiefest place, lest a more honourable man then thou, be bidden of him,

    9 And he that bade both him & thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.

    10 But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roome, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friende, sit vp hier: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

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    16 Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,

    17 And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come: for all things are nowe readie.

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    10 And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

    11 Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.

    12 But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.

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    23 Then the master sayd to the seruaunt, Goe out into the hie wayes, and hedges, and compell them to come in, that mine house may bee filled.

    24 For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.

  • 22 Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete,

  • 30 Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.

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    46 The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

    47 And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.

  • 38 And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee?

  • 6 And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.

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    42 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:

    43 I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

    44 Then shall they also answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee?

  • 50 That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

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    23 Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

    24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.

    25 And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

  • 12 And the children of the kingdome shall be cast out into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 12 Then said he also to him that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsemen, nor ye riche neighbours, lest they also bid thee againe, & a recompence be made thee.

  • 30 Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.

  • 36 I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.

  • 36 Againe he spake also vnto them a parable, No man putteth a piece of a newe garment into an olde vesture: for then the newe renteth it, and the piece taken out of the newe, agreeth not with the olde.

  • 50 Then Iesus sayde vnto him, Friende, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laide hands on Iesus, and tooke him.

  • 26 And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

  • 25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you not whence ye are,

  • 2 And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

  • 12 He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.

  • 40 Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.