Mateus 22:1

1 Então Jesus tornou a falar-lhes por parábolas, dizendo:

Mateus 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.

Mateus 22:1 In-Context

1 Então Jesus tornou a falar-lhes por parábolas, dizendo:

2 O reino dos céus é semelhante a um rei que celebrou as bodas de seu filho.

3 Enviou os seus servos a chamar os convidados para as bodas, e estes não quiseram vir.

4 Depois enviou outros servos, ordenando: Dizei aos convidados: Eis que tenho o meu jantar preparado; os meus bois e cevados já estão mortos, e tudo está pronto; vinde �s bodas.

5 Eles, porém, não fazendo caso, foram, um para o seu campo, outro para o seu negócio;