Matthew 22:4 · KJV
“But they made light of {it}, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:”
— Matthew 22:4
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and {my} fatlings {are} killed, and all things {are} ready: come unto the marriage.
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated {them} spitefully, and slew {them}.
Matthew 22 — Context
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
3Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and {my} fatlings {are} killed, and all things {are} ready: come unto the marriage.
4But they made light of {it}, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
5And the remnant took his servants, and entreated {them} spitefully, and slew {them}.
6But when the king heard {thereof}, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Cross References
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
John 6:50-57
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
Matthew 21:36
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Acts 28:17-31
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men {and} brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Luke 14:17
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Nehemiah 9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou {art} a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. {a God...: Heb. a God of pardons}
Luke 10:1-16
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: {is sacrificed; or, is slain}