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Mt 22:2 Strong Concordance The kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is like [3666] unto a certain [444] king [935], which [3748] made [4160] a marriage [1062] for his [846] son [5207],
  King James The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON. (Mat 22:1-14)

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son--"In this parable," as TRENCH admirably remarks, "we see how the Lord is revealing Himself in ever clearer light as the central Person of the kingdom, giving here a far plainer hint than in the last parable of the nobility of His descent. There He was indeed the Son, the only and beloved one (Mar 12:6), of the Householder; but here His race is royal, and He appears as Himself at once the King and the King's Son (Psa 72:1). 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. Thus, as often, the two complete each other: this taking up the matter where the other left it." The "marriage" of Jehovah to His people Israel was familiar to Jewish ears; and in Psa. 45:1-17 this marriage is seen consummated in the Person of Messiah "THE KING," Himself addressed as "GOD" and yet as anointed by "HIS GOD" with the oil of gladness above His fellows. These apparent contradictions (see on Luk 20:41-44) are resolved in this parable; and Jesus, in claiming to be this King's Son, serves Himself Heir to all that the prophets and sweet singers of Israel held forth as to Jehovah' s ineffably near and endearing union to His people. But observe carefully, that THE BRIDE does not come into view in this parable; its design being to teach certain truths under the figure of guests at a wedding feast, and the want of a wedding garment, which would not have harmonized with the introduction of the Bride.
 
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41 And [1161] he said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], How [4459] say [3004] they that Christ [5547] is [1511] David's [1138] son [5207]?
42 And [2532] David [1138] himself [846] saith [3004] in [1722] the book [976] of Psalms [5568], The LORD [2962] said [2036] unto my [3450] Lord [2962], Sit thou [2521] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188],
43 Till [2193] [302] I make [5087] thine [4675] enemies [2190] thy [4675] footstool [4228] [5286].
44 David [1138] therefore [3767] calleth [2564] him [846] Lord [2962], how [4459] is he [2076] then [2532] his [846] son [5207]?
1 A Psalm for Solomon [08010]. Give [05414] the king [04428] thy judgments [04941], O God [0430], and thy righteousness [06666] unto the king's [04428] son [01121].
6 Having [2192] yet [2089] therefore [3767] one [1520] son [5207], his [846] wellbeloved [27], he sent [649] him [846] also [2532] last [2078] unto [4314] them [846], saying [3004], [3754] They will reverence [1788] my [3450] son [5207].
1 And [2532] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and spake [2036] unto them [846] again [3825] by [1722] parables [3850], and said [3004],
2 The kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is like [3666] unto a certain [444] king [935], which [3748] made [4160] a marriage [1062] for his [846] son [5207],
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
4 Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].
5 But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:
6 And [1161] the remnant [3062] took [2902] his [846] servants [1401], and entreated them spitefully [5195], and [2532] slew [615] them.
7 But [1161] when the king [935] heard [191] thereof, he was wroth [3710]: and [2532] he sent forth [3992] his [846] armies [4753], and destroyed [622] those [1565] murderers [5406], and [2532] burned up [1714] their [846] city [4172].
8 Then [5119] saith he [3004] to his [846] servants [1401], [3303] The wedding [1062] is [2076] ready [2092], but [1161] they which were bidden [2564] were [2258] not [3756] worthy [514].
9 Go ye [4198] therefore [3767] into [1909] the highways [1327] [3598], and [2532] as many as [3745] [302] ye shall find [2147], bid [2564] to [1519] the marriage [1062].
10 So [2532] those [1565] servants [1401] went out [1831] into [1519] the highways [3598], and gathered together [4863] all [3956] as many as [3745] they found [2147], both [5037] bad [4190] and [2532] good [18]: and [2532] the wedding [1062] was furnished [4130] with guests [345].
11 And [1161] when [1525] the king [935] came in [1525] to see [2300] the guests [345], he saw [1492] there [1563] a man [444] which had [1746] not [3756] on [1746] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]:
12 And [2532] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Friend [2083], how [4459] camest thou [1525] in hither [5602] not [3361] having [2192] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]? And [1161] he was speechless [5392].
13 Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
14 For [1063] many [4183] are [1526] called [2822], but [1161] few [3641] are chosen [1588].
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
22 As the days [03117] wherein the Jews [03064] rested [05117] from their enemies [0341], and the month [02320] which was turned [02015] unto them from sorrow [03015] to joy [08057], and from mourning [060] into a good [02896] day [03117]: that they should make [06213] them days [03117] of feasting [04960] and joy [08057], and of sending [04916] portions [04490] one [0376] to another [07453], and gifts [04979] to the poor [034].
7 But [1161] when the king [935] heard [191] thereof, he was wroth [3710]: and [2532] he sent forth [3992] his [846] armies [4753], and destroyed [622] those [1565] murderers [5406], and [2532] burned up [1714] their [846] city [4172].
6 And [1161] the remnant [3062] took [2902] his [846] servants [1401], and entreated them spitefully [5195], and [2532] slew [615] them.
5 But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:
47 And [2532] that repentance [3341] and [2532] remission [859] of sins [266] should be preached [2784] in [1909] his [846] name [3686] among [1519] all [3956] nations [1484], beginning [756] at [575] Jerusalem [2419].
4 Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].
1 [1161] After [3326] these things [5023] the Lord [2962] appointed [322] other [2087] seventy [1440] also [2532], and [2532] sent [649] them [846] two [303] and two [1417] before [4253] his [846] face [4383] into [1519] every [3956] city [4172] and [2532] place [5117], whither [3757] [3739] he himself [846] would [3195] come [2064].
3 And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
25 For he is gone down [03381] this day [03117], and hath slain [02076] oxen [07794] and fat cattle [04806] and sheep [06629] in abundance [07230], and hath called [07121] all the king's [04428] sons [01121], and the captains [08269] of the host [06635], and Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]; and, behold, they eat [0398] and drink [08354] before [06440] him, and say [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Adonijah [0138].
19 And he hath slain [02076] oxen [07794] and fat cattle [04806] and sheep [06629] in abundance [07230], and hath called [07121] all the sons [01121] of the king [04428], and Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and Joab [03097] the captain [08269] of the host [06635]: but Solomon [08010] thy servant [05650] hath he not called [07121].
5 Then Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294] exalted [04984] himself, saying [0559], I will be king [04427]: and he prepared [06213] him chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571], and fifty [02572] men [0376] to run [07323] before [06440] him.
6 And his father [01] had not displeased [06087] him at any time [03117] in saying [0559], Why hast thou done so [06213]? and he also was a very [03966] goodly [02896] [08389] man; and his mother bare [03205] him after [0310] Absalom [053].
7 And he conferred [01697] with Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], and with Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]: and they following [0310] Adonijah [0138] helped [05826] him.
8 But Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Shimei [08096], and Rei [07472], and the mighty men [01368] which belonged to David [01732], were not with Adonijah [0138].
9 And Adonijah [0138] slew [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241] and fat cattle [04806] by the stone [068] of Zoheleth [02120], which is by [0681] Enrogel [05883], and called [07121] all his brethren [0251] the king's [04428] sons [01121], and all the men [0582] of Judah [03063] the king's [04428] servants [05650]:
37 [1161] In [1722] the last [2078] day [2250], that great [3173] day of the feast [1859], Jesus [2424] stood [2476] and [2532] cried [2896], saying [3004], If [1437] any man [5100] thirst [1372], let him come [2064] unto [4314] me [3165], and [2532] drink [4095].
27 Labour [2038] not [3361] for the meat [1035] which [3588] perisheth [622], but [235] for that meat [1035] which [3588] endureth [3306] unto [1519] everlasting [166] life [2222], which [3739] the Son [5207] of man [444] shall give [1325] unto you [5213]: for [1063] him [5126] hath [4972] God [2316] the Father [3962] sealed [4972].
26 Jesus [2424] answered [611] them [846] and [2532] said [2036], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], Ye seek [2212] me [3165], not [3756] because [3754] ye saw [1492] the miracles [4592], but [235] because [3754] ye did eat [5315] of [1537] the loaves [740], and [2532] were filled [5526].
7 There cometh [2064] a woman [1135] of [1537] Samaria [4540] to draw [501] water [5204]: Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto her [846], Give [1325] me [3427] to drink [4095].
8 (For [1063] his [846] disciples [3101] were gone away [565] unto [1519] the city [4172] to [2443] buy [59] meat [5160].)
9 Then [3767] saith [3004] the woman [1135] of Samaria [4542] unto him [846], How is it that [4459] thou [4771], being [5607] a Jew [2453], askest [154] drink [4095] of [3844] me [1700], which am [5607] a woman [1135] of Samaria [4542]? for [1063] the Jews [2453] have [4798] no [3756] dealings [4798] with the Samaritans [4541].
10 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto her [846], If [1487] thou knewest [1492] the gift [1431] of God [2316], and [2532] who [5101] it is [2076] that saith [3004] to thee [4671], Give [1325] me [3427] to drink [4095]; thou [4771] wouldest [302] have asked [154] of him [846], and [2532] he would [302] have given [1325] thee [4671] living [2198] water [5204].
6 Then [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], Take heed [3708] and [2532] beware [4337] of [575] the leaven [2219] of the Pharisees [5330] and [2532] of the Sadducees [4523].
15 And [1161] when one [5100] of them that sat at meat with him [4873] heard [191] these things [5023], he said [2036] unto him [846], Blessed [3107] is he [3739] that shall eat [5315] bread [740] in [1722] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].