Matthew 22:5 Cross References

Matthew 22:5

5: But the guests he had invited ignored them and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his store.

Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.
For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.

But they all began making excuses. One said he had just bought a field and wanted to inspect it, so he asked to be excused.
Another said he had just bought five pair of oxen and wanted to try them out.
Another had just been married, so he said he couldn't come.

What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,

Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the fact that he had given up his birthright.

"When the Son of Man returns, the world will be like the people were in Noah's day.
In those days before the flood, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came to destroy them all.
"And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business--eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building--
until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Yes, it will be 'business as usual' right up to the hour when the Son of Man returns.

If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.

They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.

As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified. "Go away for now," he replied. "When it is more convenient, I'll call for you again."

The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them.
Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD.

"I called you so often, but you didn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.

So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters' fiances, "Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is going to destroy it." But the young men thought he was only joking.

In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.
People didn't realize what was going to happen until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.

But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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