Matthew 22:1-7

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

2 The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

3 and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

4 Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

5 But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.

6 And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].

7 And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Footnotes

• [a]. 'Who has that character:' as ch. 2.6 and ch. 7.24.
• [b]. See Note r, Heb. 2.3.
• [c]. 'And the king was wroth,' is probably the true reading.