Matthew 22:3

Good News Translation

He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.

Cross References

Psalm 68:11

The Lord gave the command, and many women carried the news:

Isaiah 30:15

The Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says to the people, “Come back and quietly trust in me. Then you will be strong and secure.” But you refuse to do it.

Jeremiah 25:4

You would not listen or pay attention, even though the Lord has continued to send you his servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have continued to send you all my servants the prophets, and they have told you to give up your evil ways and to do what is right. They warned you not to worship and serve other gods, so that you could go on living in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or pay any attention to me.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. My people sacrificed to Baal; they burned incense to idols.

Hosea 11:7

They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.

Zephaniah 1:7

The day is near when the Lord will sit in judgment; so be silent in his presence. The Lord is preparing to sacrifice his people and has invited enemies to plunder Judah.

Matthew 21:34

When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Matthew 3:2

“Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Luke 15:28

The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.

Luke 19:27

Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and kill them in my presence!’”

John 5:40

Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

Romans 10:21

But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to welcome a disobedient and rebellious people.”

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in effect.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!” Everyone who hears this must also say, “Come!” Come, whoever is thirsty; accept the water of life as a gift, whoever wants it.