Matthew 22:3

New International Version

He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

Cross References

Psalm 68:11

The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

Isaiah 30:15

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Jeremiah 25:4

And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.

Jeremiah 35:15

Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, “Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention or listened to me.

Hosea 11:2

But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Sovereign Lord, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Luke 15:28

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

Luke 19:27

But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”

John 5:40

yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.

Romans 10:21

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

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

1 Samuel 9:13

As soon as you enter the town, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not begin eating until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward, those who are invited will eat. Go up now; you should find him about this time.”