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Passage Lookup: Matthew 22:1-14
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13 verses
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
Matthew 22:1
- Variant Count: 1 (11%)
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
Matthew 22:2
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
Matthew 22:3
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
"Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'
Matthew 22:4
- Variant Count: 2 (5%)
"Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'
"But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
Matthew 22:5
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
"But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
Matthew 22:6
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
Matthew 22:7
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
Matthew 22:8
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
"Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'
Matthew 22:9
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Matthew 22:10
- Variant Count: 4 (12%)
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
"But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
Matthew 22:11
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
"But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.
Matthew 22:12
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?' The man was speechless.
"Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Matthew 22:13
- Variant Count: 2 (7%)
"Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
"For many are invited, but few are chosen."
Matthew 22:14
- Variant Count: 3 (33%)
"For many are invited, but few are chosen."
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