3and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.


In Context

1 And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

2 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

3 and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

4 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;

5 and they, having disregarded it, went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

Matthew 22:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3And sent his servants to call them that were invited to the wedding: and they would not come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.