Matthew 22:3 - King James Version - American Edition

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

More versions

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

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Isaiah 30:15

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.

Jeremiah 25:4

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.

Jeremiah 35:15

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.

Hosea 11:2

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Ba´alim, and burned incense to graven images.

Hosea 11:7

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.

Zephaniah 1:7

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.

Matthew 21:34

and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

Matthew 23:37

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!

Matthew 3:2

and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Luke 13:34

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 15:28

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.

Luke 19:27

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

John 5:40

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Acts 13:45

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.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

Hebrews 12:25

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:

Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Revelation 22:17

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.

1 Samuel 9:13

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 afterward they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.