Matthew 22:5 Cross References - Murdock

⁵ But they showed contempt, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise;

²² And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.

³⁸ For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be.

¹⁸ And they all to a man, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I have bought a field, and am constrained to go out and see it. I pray thee, allow me to be excused. ¹⁹ Another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to inspect them. I pray thee, allow me to be excused. ²⁰ Another said: I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. ²⁷ They ate and drank, they took wives and were given to husbands, until the day that Noah entered the ark; and the flood came, and destroyed every one. ²⁸ And again, as it was in the days of Lot; they ate and drank, bought and sold, planted and built. ²⁹ But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, the Lord rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Thus will it be, in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. ³¹ In that day, let him that is on the house-top, and his goods in the house, not come down to take them: and let him that is in the field, not return after what is behind him. ³² Remember Lot's wife.

¹³ Others however ridiculed them, saying: They have drunken new wine, and are intoxicated.

²⁵ And while he was discoursing with them on righteousness, and on holiness, and on the future judgment, Felix was filled with fear; and he said: For the present time, go: and when I have opportunity, I will send for thee.

⁴ Or wilt thou abuse the riches of his benevolence, and his long suffering, and the opportunity which he giveth thee? And dost thou not know, that the benevolence of God should bring thee to repentance?

⁶ For minding the things of the flesh, is death; but minding the things of the Spirit, is life and peace.

⁹ But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in destruction and perdition: ¹⁰ for the love of money is the root of all these evils. And there are some who, coveting it, have erred from the faith, and brought themselves into many sorrows.

⁴ treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of God,

³ how shall we escape, if we despise the things which are our life, things which began to be spoken by our Lord, and were confirmed to us by them who heard from him,

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing in it; for whoever loveth the world, hath not the love of the Father in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, is, the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world; which are not from the Father, but from the world itself.