Matthew 22:11
9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
- KJV
- And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- WEB
- “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
- ASV
- But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
- DARBY
- And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
- BLB
- And the king, having entered to view those reclining, saw a man there not dressed in clothing of a wedding feast.
- ÅB
- Da kongen gikk inn for å se på dem som satt til bords så han der en mann som ikke hadde bryllupsklær på.
- OTB
- Men da kongen kom inn for å se gjestene, la han merke til en mann der som ikke var kledd i bryllupsklær.
- B1930
- Da nu kongen gikk inn for å se på dem som satt til bords, så han der en mann som ikke hadde bryllupsklædning på.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:4–5
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
Read in contextRevelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
Read in contextZechariah 3:3–4
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
Read in contextHebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Read in contextRevelation 16:15
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
Read in contextRomans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Read in contextColossians 3:10–11
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read in contextEphesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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