Matthew 22:8
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
- KJV
- Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
- WEB
- “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.
- ASV
- Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.
- DARBY
- Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
- BLB
- Then he says to his servants, ‘Indeed, the wedding feast is ready, but those having been called were not worthy.
- ÅB
- Deretter sier han til tjenerne sine: ‘Bryllupet er klart, men de innbudte var ikke verdige;
- OTB
- Så informerte han sine tjenere: 'Bryllupsfesten er forberedt, men de som var invitert var ikke verdige.
- B1930
- Derefter sier han til sine tjenere: Bryllupet er vel ferdig, men de innbudne var det ikke verd;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Read in contextRevelation 3:4
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 contextActs 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Read in contextLuke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Read in contextRevelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Read in contextLuke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Read in contextMatthew 10:11–13
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
Read in contextMatthew 10:37–38
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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