Again in parables (παλιν εν παραβολαις). Matthew has already given two on this occasion (The Two Sons, The Wicked Husbandmen). He …

MATTHEW CHAPTER 22

Spake—by parables. See Barnes "Matthew 13:3".

And Jesus answered — The word "answered" implies a connection with what has just happened. The parable was a response, if not to s…

Observe that it was a king who made this wedding feast; therefore, to refuse to come to it when the command implied great honor to those who were i…

St. John Chrysostom: Since He had said, And it shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof, He now p…

For “kingdom of heaven,” see comment on 3:2. In this parable, the kingdom has already dawned; invitations to the banquet have gone out and are bein…

And Jesus answering. Though Matthew relates this parable among other discourses Christ delivered around the time of the last Pass…

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again
Not to the multitude only, but to the chief priests, elders, Scribes, and…

The provision made for perishing souls in the gospel is represented by a royal feast made by a king, with great liberality, on the marriage of his …

It was said above that Christ’s persecutors were provoked to kill Him for three reasons: His glory, His wisdom (by which He was confounding them), …