Matthew 22:2 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

KJV

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ASV

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

WEB

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

YLT

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

DBT

The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

About this book

New Testament

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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23 verses on the floor

Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Matthew 25:1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Luke 14:16
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Revelation 19:9
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

The last was a parable of the Old Testament history; and Christ is rather the last and greatest of the line of its prophets and teachers than the founder of a new kingdom. In that, God appears demanding something from men; in this, a parable of grace, God appears more as giving something to them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G366615× in canon G106216× in canon G935114× in canon G3748144× in canon G932162× in canon G3772272× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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