Matthew 22:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell those people to come. But the people refused to come to the king’s feast.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

Common English Bible

³ He sent his servants to call those invited to the wedding party. But they didn’t want to come.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.

Matthew 22:3 Cross References

Psalm 68:11

God gave the command and many people went to tell the good news:\par

Isaiah 30:15

The Lord my Master, the Holy One of Israel, says, “If you come back to me you will be saved. The only strength you have will come if you trust me. But you must be calm.”

Jeremiah 25:4

The Lord has sent his servants, the prophets, to you over and over again. But you have not listened to them. You have not paid any attention to them.

Jeremiah 35:15

I sent my servants the prophets to you people of Israel and Judah. I sent them to you again and again. Those prophets said to you, ‘Each of you people of Israel and Judah must stop doing evil things. You must be good. Don’t follow other gods. Don’t worship or serve them. If you obey me, then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.’ But you people have not paid attention to my message.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I {\cf2\super [114]} called the Israelites,\par the more the Israelites left me.\par The Israelites gave sacrifices to the Baals. {\cf2\super [115]} \par They burned incense {\cf2\super [116]} to the idols. {\cf2\super [117]} \par

Hosea 11:7

“My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above. But God will not help them.”

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord my Master! Why? Because the Lord’s day for judging the people is coming soon! The Lord has prepared his sacrifice and he has told his invited guests to get ready. {\cf2\super [5]}

Matthew 21:34

Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent his servants to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [361]} You kill with rocks those men that God sent to you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.

Matthew 3:2

John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon.”

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “\{When there is a wedding,\} the friends of the bridegroom {\cf2\super [110]} are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. The friends are sad when the bridegroom leaves. Then they will fast. {\cf2\super [111]}

Luke 13:34

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [250]} You kill with rocks those men that God has sent you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.

Luke 15:28

The older son was angry and would not go in to the party. So his father went out to ask him to come in.

Luke 19:27

Now where are my enemies? Where are the people that did not want me to be king? Bring my enemies here and kill them. I will watch them die!’”

John 5:40

But you refuse to come to me to have that life \{you want\}.

Acts 13:45

The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.

Romans 10:21

\{God said this through Isaiah about the non-Jewish people.\} But about the Jewish people God says, “All day long I have waited for those people, but they refuse to obey and refuse to follow me.” {\cf2\super [113]}

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful and don’t refuse to listen when God speaks. Those people (Israelites) refused to listen to him when he warned them on earth. And those people did not escape. Now God is speaking from heaven. So now it will be worse for those people who refuse to listen to him.

Hebrews 9:15

So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit {\cf2\super [178]} and the bride say, “Come!” Every person that hears this should also say, “Come!” If a person is thirsty, let him come; that person can have the water of life as a free gift if he wants it.

1 Samuel 9:13

So, go into town and you will find him. If you hurry, you can catch him before he goes up to eat at the place for worship. The seer blesses the sacrifice. So the people won’t start eating until he gets there. If you hurry, you can find the seer.”