The Holy Bible

2071 Matthew 22

¶ Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures,

The stone which the builders rejected,

the same is become the head of the corner :

this is the Lord’s doing,

and it is marvelous in our eyes?

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from

you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken : but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

¶ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,

they perceived that he spake of them.

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the

multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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The Parable of the Marriage Feast

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and

said,

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a

marriage for his son,

and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the

wedding : and they would not come.

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are

bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my oxen and my

fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage.

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,

another to his merchandise :

and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully,

and slew them.

But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth

his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their

city.

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