KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
WEB World English Bible
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’
ASV American Standard Version
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;
Surrounding context — Matthew 22
1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
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.
5 But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them].
7 But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
πάλινG3825 · palinagainἀπέστειλενG649 · apostellōto sendἄλλουςG243 · allosanotherδούλουςG1401 · doulosslaveλέγων·G3004 · legōto sayεἴπατεG2036 · eiponto sayτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκεκλημένοις·G2564 · kaleōto call: callἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!τὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄριστόνG712 · aristonearly mealμουG3165 · memeἡτοίμακα,G2090 · hetoimazōto make readyοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoταῦροίG5022 · taurosbullμουG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoσιτιστὰG4619 · sitistosfattenedτεθυμένα,G2380 · thuōto sacrificeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπάνταG3956 · pasallἕτοιμα·G2092 · hetoimosreadyδεῦτεG1205 · deutecomeεἰςG1519 · eistowardτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγάμους.G1062 · gamoswedding
Cross-references
Acts 13:46Then 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.Matthew 21:36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.John 6:50-57This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.Acts 28:17-31And 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.Proverbs 9:1-2Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.1 Corinthians 5:7-8Purge 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:Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.Luke 24:46-47And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:Matthew 22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.Nehemiah 9:17And 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.Acts 11:19-20Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.Luke 10:1-16After 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.Luke 14:17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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