Verse 3

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

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  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he arrives because he must bless the sacrifice first. After that, those who have been invited can eat. Go now, for you will find him at this time.
  • Ps 68:11 : 11 Your people settled in it; in Your goodness, O God, You provided for the poor.
  • Ps 81:10-12 : 10 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
  • Prov 1:24-32 : 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention, 25 And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction, 26 I too will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction. 31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes. 32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  • Prov 9:1-3 : 1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. 2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city,
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: 'In repentance and rest you will be saved; in quietness and trust is your strength. But you were not willing.'
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.' 17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'
  • Jer 25:4 : 4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.
  • Zeph 1:7 : 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has set apart His invited guests.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.'
  • Matt 10:6-7 : 6 Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim: 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
  • Matt 21:34 : 34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Mark 6:7-9 : 7 He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits. 8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts. 9 But wear sandals and do not put on two tunics. 10 He said to them, 'Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.' 11 If any place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
  • Luke 9:1-6 : 1 Then Jesus called together the twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases. 2 He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He said to them, 'Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take two tunics.' 4 Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the town. 5 If people do not welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them. 6 So they went out, traveling through the villages, preaching the good news and healing people everywhere.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
  • Luke 14:15-17 : 15 When one of those reclining at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, 'Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.' 16 Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.' 17 At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
  • Luke 15:28 : 28 But he became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 'But as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.'
  • John 5:40 : 40 But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But concerning Israel He says: 'All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.'
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come, and let the one who desires take the water of life freely.