Matthew 22:2 Cross References - JuliaSmith

² The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son.

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father's house; ¹¹ And the king shall desire for himself thy beauty, for he is thy Lord; and worship thou to him. ¹² And the daughter of the rock with a gift; and the rich of the people shall supplicate thy face. ¹³ All glory the king's daughter, in front: her clothing textures of gold. ¹⁴ With variegation she shall be brought to the King; the virgins after her, her companions, being brought to thee. ¹⁵ They shall be brought with gladness and joy: they shall come into the temple of the king. ¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; thou shalt set them for chiefs in all the earth.

²⁴ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:

³¹ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field: ³² Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots. ³³ Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened.

⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a wholesale merchant, seeking beautiful pearls: ⁴⁶ Who, finding one pearl of great value, having departed, he sold all things which he had, and purchased it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a large sweep-net, cast into the sea, and having gathered of every kind:

² The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son. ³ And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come. ⁴ And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials. ⁵ And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic: ⁶ And the rest, having seized his servants, were insolent, and killed them. ⁷ And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ⁸ Then says he to his servants, Truly the nuptial feast is prepared, and those called were not worthy. ⁹ Go ye, therefore, to the passages of the ways, and as many as ye should find, call to the nuptial feast. ¹⁰ And those servants, having come to the ways, gathered together all, as many as they found, also both the evil and good, and the nuptial feast was filled with the reclining. ¹¹ And the king, having come in to behold the reclining, saw there a man not clad with the garment of the wedding: ¹² And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled. ¹³ Then said the king to his servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him away, and cast ye him into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, and few chosen.

¹ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom. ² And five of them were discerning, and five foolish. ³ Those foolish having taken their lanterns, took no oil with them. ⁴ And the discerning took oil in their vessels with their lanterns. ⁵ And the bridegroom delaying, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting. ⁷ Then all these virgins were aroused, and put their lanterns in order. ⁸ And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched. ⁹ And the discerning answered, saying, Lest it should not suffice us and you: but go ye rather to those selling, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And they, going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they prepared, went in with him to the nuptials; and the door was locked. ¹¹ And afterwards came also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² And he having answered said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day, neither the hour, in which the Son of man comes. ¹⁴ For as a man going abroad, called his own servants, and delivered them his possessions:

¹⁶ And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and called many; ¹⁷ And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to the called, Come; for all things are already prepared. ¹⁸ And from one they all began to conciliate. The first said to him, I bought a field, and have necessity to go and see it: I ask thee, have me pardoned. ¹⁹ And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I ask thee, have me pardoned. ²⁰ And another said, I have married wife, and therefore I cannot come. ²¹ And approaching, that servant announced to his lord these things. Then the master of the house, angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the streets and quarters of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. ²² And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as thou hest commanded, and yet there is place. ²³ And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and hedges, and compel to come in, that my house may be filled up. ²⁴ For I say to you, That none of those men called shall taste of my supper.

²⁹ He having the bride is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy for the bridegroom's voice: therefore this my joy has been completed. ³⁰ He must increase, and I must be diminished.

² For I am zealous of you with the zeal of God: for I fitted you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ.

²⁴ But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it; ²⁶ That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, ²⁷ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless. ²⁸ So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself. ²⁹ For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church: ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹ For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. ³² This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church.

⁷ Let us rejoice, and be transported with joy, and let us give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb came, and his wife prepared herself. ⁸ And it was given her that she put on fine linen, pure and shining: for fine linen is the justification of the holy. ⁹ And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.