Matthew 22:2 Cross References - Moffatt

² "The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son.

²⁴ He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

³¹ He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field. ³² It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches." ³³ He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

⁴⁴ The Realm of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field; the man who finds it hides it and in his delight goes and sells all he possesses and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the Realm of heaven is like a trader in search of fine pearls; ⁴⁶ when he finds a single pearl of high price, he is off to sell all he possesses and buy it. ⁴⁷ Again, the Realm of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and collected fish of every sort.

² "The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son. ³ He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come. ⁴ Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.' ⁵ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his estate, another to his business, ⁶ while the rest seized his servants and ill-treated them and killed them. ⁷ The king was enraged; he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. ⁸ Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage-banquet is all ready, but the invited guests did not deserve it. ⁹ So go to the byeways and invite anyone you meet to the marriage-banquet.' ¹⁰ And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests. ¹¹ Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe. ¹² So he said to him, 'My man, how did you get in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speech less. ¹³ Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth. ¹⁴ For many are invited but few are chosen.'"

¹ Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. ² Five of them were stupid and five were sensible. ³ For although the stupid took their lamps, they took no oil with them, ⁴ whereas the sensible took oil in their vessels as well as their lamps. ⁵ As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep. ⁶ But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' ⁷ Then all the maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ The stupid said to the sensible, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' ¹⁰ Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut. ¹¹ Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!' ¹² but he replied, 'I tell you frankly, I do not know you.' ¹³ Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ¹⁴ For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

¹⁶ Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests. ¹⁷ At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.' ¹⁸ But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.' ¹⁹ The second said, 'I have bought five pair of oxen and I am going to try them. Pray consider me excused.' ²⁰ Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.' ²¹ The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.' ²² When the servant announced, 'Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is still room,' ²³ the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house. ²⁴ For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete. ³⁰ He must wax, I must wane."

² for I feel a divine jealousy on your behalf; I betrothed you as a chaste maiden to present you to your one husband Christ,

²⁴ as the church is subject to Christ, so wives are to be subject to their husbands in every respect. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to consecrate her by cleansing her in the bath of baptism as she utters her confession, ²⁷ in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished. ²⁸ So ought husbands to love their wives — to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself). ²⁹ For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church ³⁰ for we are members of his Body). ³¹ Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh. ³² This is a profound symbol, I mean as regards Christ and the church.

⁷ Let us rejoice and triumph, let us give him the glory! For now comes the marriage of the Lamb; his bride has arrayed herself, ⁸ Yea, she is allowed to put on fine linen, dazzling white" (the white linen is the righteous conduct of the saints). ⁹ Then I was told, "Write this: — 'Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage-banquet of the Lamb!'" The angel also told me, "These are genuine words of God."