Matthew 22:5 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

⁵ They, however, took no notice, but went off, one to his farm, another to his business;

²² By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

³⁸ In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ Taking not notice till the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

¹⁸ They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant 'I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.' ¹⁹ The next said 'I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused'; ²⁰ While the next said 'I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.'

²⁶ As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again in the days of the Son of Man. ²⁷ They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ So, too, in the days of Lot. People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; ²⁹ But, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all. ³⁰ It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself. ³¹ On that day, if a man is on his house-top and his goods in the house, he must not go down to get them; nor again must one who is on the farm turn back. ³² Remember Lot's wife.

¹³ But there were some who said with a sneer: "They have had too much new wine."

²⁵ But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again."

⁴ Or do you think lightly of his abundant kindness, patience, and forbearance, not realizing that his kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

⁶ To be earthly-minded means Death, to be spiritually minded means Life and Peace;

⁹ Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin. ¹⁰ Love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the Faith, and have been pierced to the heart by many a regret.

⁴ treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;

³ how can we, of all people, expect to escape, if we disregard so great a Salvation? It was the Master who at the outset spoke of this Salvation, and its authority was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

¹⁵ Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him; ¹⁶ for all that the world can offer--the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life--belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.