Matthew 22:1

The Parable of the Wedding Celebration

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

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.

Matthew 22:1 In-Context

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

2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.

3 And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.

4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened [cattle] have been slaughtered, and everything [is] ready. Come to the wedding celebration!" '

5 But they paid no attention [and] went away--this one to his own field, that one to his business.