Matthew 22:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καλέσαι τοὺς κεκλημένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους: καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν.

Transliteration

And apesteilen the doulous of him to kalesai the keklēmenous to the gamous: and not ēthelon elthein.

Grammar Details

• *apesteilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sent out/dispatched
• *doulous*: accusative, masculine, plural - slaves/servants
• *kalesai*: aorist active infinitive - to call/invite
• *keklēmenous*: perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having been called/invited
• *gamous*: accusative, masculine, plural - wedding feasts/marriages
• *ēthelon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were willing/wanting
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive - to come/go

Word Meanings

• *doulous*: slaves/servants/bondservants
• *kalesai*: to call/invite/summon
• *gamous*: wedding feast/marriage celebration/wedding banquet
• *ēthelon*: were willing/wanted/desired

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
• Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
• Ps 81:10-12 : 10 I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
• Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
• Prov 9:1-3 : 1 ¶ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
• Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
• Isa 55:1-2 : 1 ¶ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
• Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein]. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
• Jer 25:4 : 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them], saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
• Hos 11:2 : 2 [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
• Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].
• Zeph 1:7 : 7 ¶ Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD [is] at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 10:6-7 : 6 ‹But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.› 7 ‹And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.›
• Matt 21:34 : 34 ‹And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.›
• Matt 23:37 : 37 ‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,› [thou] ‹that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under› [her] ‹wings, and ye would not!›
• Mark 6:7-9 : 7 ¶ And he called [unto him] the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in [their] purse: 9 But [be] shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10 And he said unto them, ‹In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.› 11 ‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.›
• Luke 9:1-6 : 1 ¶ Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 3 And he said unto them, ‹Take nothing for› [your] ‹journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.› 4 ‹And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.› 5 ‹And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.› 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
• Luke 13:34 : 34 ‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen› [doth gather] ‹her brood under› [her] ‹wings, and ye would not!›
• Luke 14:15-17 : 15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 16 Then said he unto him, ‹A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:› 17 ‹And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.›
• Luke 15:28 : 28 ‹And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.›
• Luke 19:27 : 27 ‹But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay› [them] ‹before me.›
• John 5:40 : 40 ‹And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.›
• Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
• Rom 10:21 : 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.