Matthew 22:11
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall 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
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Read in contextRevelation 19:8
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Read in contextZechariah 3:3–4
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Read in contextHebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Read in contextRevelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Read in contextRomans 13:14
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Read in contextColossians 3:10–11
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Read in contextEphesians 4:24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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