Matthew 22:3-4
3and asent his servants ▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10
to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 cAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my ddinner, emy oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ Matthew 22:9
9Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’Luke 11:49
49Therefore also fthe Wisdom of God said, g‘I will send them hprophets and apostles, isome of whom they will jkill and persecute,’Luke 14:17
17And at the time for the banquet he ksent his servant ▼▼Greek bondservant; also verses 21, 22, 23
to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ Luke 14:21-23
21So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in mthe poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.Romans 10:15
15And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, n“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”2 Corinthians 5:20-21
20Therefore, owe are ambassadors for Christ, pGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 qFor our sake he made him to be sin rwho knew no sin, so that in him we might become sthe righteousness of God.
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