Matthew 22:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

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  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers `are' a numerous host.
  • Ps 81:10-12 : 10 I `am' Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. 11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. 12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
  • Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending, 25 And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. 26 I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh, 27 When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress. 28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not. 29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. 30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof, 31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled. 32 For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
  • Prov 9:1-3 : 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven. 2 She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table. 3 She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. 2 Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where `is' this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.' 17 And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
  • Jer 25:4 : 4 And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 And I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.
  • Zeph 1:7 : 7 Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near `is' a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
  • Matt 10:6-7 : 6 and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 `And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;
  • Matt 21:34 : 34 `And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 `Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.
  • Mark 6:7-9 : 7 and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits, 8 and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only -- no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle, 9 but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats. 10 And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence, 11 and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'
  • Luke 9:1-6 : 1 And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses, 2 and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing. 3 And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each; 4 and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart; 5 and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.' 6 And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 `Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.
  • Luke 14:15-17 : 15 And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy `is' he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;' 16 and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many, 17 and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.
  • Luke 15:28 : 28 `And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'
  • John 5:40 : 40 and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul -- contradicting and speaking evil.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 and unto Israel He saith, `All the day I did stretch out My hands unto a people unbelieving and gainsaying.'
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing -- let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting -- let him come; and he who is willing -- let him take the water of life freely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 22:4-14
    11 verses
    90%

    4`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;

    5and they, having disregarded `it', went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

    6and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay `them'.

    7`And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

    8then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

    9be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

    10`And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

    11`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

    12and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

    13`Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

    14for many are called, and few chosen.'

  • Matt 22:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

    2`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

  • Luke 14:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

    17and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

    18`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

  • Luke 14:20-24
    5 verses
    79%

    20and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

    21`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

    22`And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

    23`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

    24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

  • Luke 14:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

    8`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

  • Matt 25:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10`And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

    11and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

  • Matt 21:33-37
    5 verses
    75%

    33`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

    34`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

    35and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

    36`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

    37`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

  • Matt 18:23
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    23`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

  • Luke 20:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send `him' away empty.

    11`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

    12and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

  • Mark 12:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

    2and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

    3and they, having taken him, did severely beat `him', and did send him away empty.

  • Matt 21:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

    30`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;

  • Matt 25:14
    73%

    14`For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

  • Matt 25:30
    72%

    30and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

  • Matt 20:1
    72%

    1`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

  • Matt 25:1
    72%

    1`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

  • Matt 25:6
    72%

    6and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

  • Luke 15:28
    72%

    28`And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

  • Luke 15:22
    72%

    22`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

  • Luke 12:37
    71%

    37`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

  • Luke 20:16
    71%

    16He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

  • Luke 14:12
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    12And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

  • Luke 19:12
    71%

    12He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,