Matthew 22:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ Again he sent out other servants saying, ‘Tell those who were invited, look, I have already prepared the dinner; my cattle and [other] well-fattened animals have been butchered and everything is ready. [Now] come to the wedding reception dinner.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

Common English Bible

⁴ Again he sent other servants and said to them, ‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look, the meal is all prepared. I’ve butchered the oxen and the fattened cattle. Now everything’s ready. Come to the wedding party!”’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Again, he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.'

Matthew 22:4 Cross References

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas [continued to] speak out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the message of God be delivered to you [Jews] first. But since you have rejected it and [thereby] consider yourselves to be unworthy of [receiving] never ending life, we [i.e., Paul and Barnabas] will now begin proclaiming it to the [unconverted] Gentiles.

Matthew 21:36

The owner of the farm then sent additional slaves and they were treated the same way.

Romans 8:32

God did not withhold His own Son [from dying], but offered Him up for all of us. [Since He did that], will He not, along with Jesus, freely give us everything [else] also?

Acts 1:8

But, you apostles will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you and [then] you will become My witnesses [i.e., to tell what you know] in Jerusalem, in [the countries of] Judea and Samaria, and [even] to the distant regions of the earth.”

Luke 14:17

When the supper was about ready, he sent his slave out to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is [now] ready.’

Matthew 22:8

Then he told his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited to it [proved they] were not worthy [to attend].

Matthew 22:5

But they made fun of it, and went on about their business, one to his farm, another to his store.