Matthew 22:1

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

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Matthew 22:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

ESV

1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

NLT

1 Jesus also told them other parables. He said,

MSG

1 Jesus responded by telling still more stories.

CSB

1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

Matthew 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again
Not to the multitude only, but to the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees: for though Mark seems to intimate, that upon the delivery of the last parable of the vineyard, they left him, and went their way; yet since he does not relate the following parable, they might not leave him until they had heard that, which is spoken with much the same design as the former, and might increase their resentment the more: or if the chief priests and elders did go away, the Pharisees remained behind, as is clear from ( Matthew 22:15 ) to whom he spake

by parables,
similitudes, and comparisons, taken from earthly things, and against whom he directed the following one;

and said,
as hereafter related.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Matthew 22:1 In-Context

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

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

4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.