Matthew 22:1-14 NIV

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 22:1

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king ,.... The Gospel dispensation which had now taken place, the methods of divine grace in it, and the behaviour of men under it, may be fitly illustrated by the following simile, or parable; the design of which is to express the great love of God the Father, who is represented by this certain king , in espousing any of the children of men to his own son: as, that he a king, who is the King of kings, and Lord of Lords, should concern himself... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:3

And sent forth his servants ,.... The ministers of the Gospel, who are the servants of the most high God, of his choosing and ordaining, of his calling and sending, and of his qualifying and employing, and who voluntarily and cheerfully serve him; and may intend John the Baptist, and the twelve apostles of Christ, who were sent to call them that were bidden to the wedding ; הקרואים , "those that were called", as in 1 Samuel 9:13 by whom are meant the Jews, who were the "bidden", or... 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

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 22:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:3

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

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