Mateo 22:4-14 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:1-14

We have here the parable of the guests invited to the wedding-feast. In this it is said (Matt. 22:1), Jesus answered, not to what his opposers said (for they were put to silence), but to what they thought, when they were wishing for an opportunity to lay hands on him, Matt. 21:46. Note, Christ knows how to answer men's thoughts, for he is a Discerner of them. Or, He answered, that is, he continued his discourse to the same purport; for this parable represents the gospel offer, and the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:1-10

22:1-10 Jesus again answered them in parables: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like the situation which arose when a man who was a king arranged a wedding for his son. He sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding, and they refused to come. He again sent other servants. 'Tell those who have been invited,' he said, 'look you, I have my meal all prepared; my oxen and my specially fattened animals have been killed; and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.' But they... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:11-14

22:11-14 The king came in to see those who were sitting at table, and he saw there a man who was not wearing a wedding garment. "Friend," he said to him, "how did you come here with no wedding garment?" The man was struck silent. Then the king said to the attendants, "Bind him hands and feet, and throw him out into the outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth there. For many are called, but few are chosen." This is a second parable, but it is also a very close... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:4

Again he sent forth other servants ,.... The seventy disciples, and other ministers of the Gospel, as Barnabas and Saul, and others that were joined to, and were helpers of the apostles, who were sent, and preached to the Jews, any time before the destruction of Jerusalem: saying, tell them which are bidden ; for these preachers of the word were first sent to the Jews, and preached unto them, until they by their carriage and conduct, showed themselves to be unworthy of the blessing.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:5

But they made light of it ,.... The invitation. They neglected the ministry of the Gospel; they did not care for it, nor showed any regard to it: and this is the ease, when either it is not attended on, though there is an opportunity, yet having no heart to embrace it, and no value for it, neglect attendance on it; and which often arises from loving of the world too much: or when it is attended on, but in a very negligent and careless manner; when men pull away the shoulder, or stop their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:6

And the remnant took his servants ,.... They that went to their several worldly callings and occupations of life, troubled themselves no further about the Messiah, his doctrines and ordinances; but others of them were more spiteful and injurious: they not only slighted the message, and took no notice of the invitation, but also abused the messengers; some of the servants they laid hold upon, and put them in the common prison, and detained them there a while; as they did the apostles quickly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:7

But when the king heard thereof ,.... Of this maltreatment, and barbarous usage of his servants, their cries coming up into his ears, and their blood calling for vengeance at his hands; and he full well knowing what they did unto them, and upon what account, being the omniscient God; and observing their malignity and wickedness, he was wroth : who, though slow to anger, bears much, and suffers long; yet was now highly incensed and provoked, and stirred up all his wrath, determining to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:8

Then saith he to his servants, .... That were preserved from their rage and malice, and outlived their implacable enemies, and saw their utter ruin and destruction: the wedding is ready ; meaning not the marriage contract, which was secretly performed in eternity; or the calling of God's elect among the Jews, and their open espousal to Christ, which for the present was now over; but the marriage feast, or the Gospel dispensation, which was ushered in, and the ministry of it, to which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:9

Go ye therefore into the highways ,.... Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were travelling; and may design the Gentile world, and Gentile sinners, who, in respect of the Jews, were far off; were walking in their own ways, and in the high road to destruction; and may denote their being the vilest of sinners, and as having nothing to recommend them to the divine favour, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:10

So these servants went out into the highways ,.... Turned from the Jews, and went among the Gentiles, preaching the Gospel to them; particularly the Apostle Paul, with Barnabas, and others: and gathered together all, as many as they found, both good and bad : the Persic version reads it, "known or unknown". The Gospel ministry is the means of gathering souls to Christ, and to attend his ordinances, and into his churches; and of these that are gathered by it into churches, and to an... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 22:1-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:1-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 22:11-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:10

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