Matthew 22:9
7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
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.
11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
- KJV
- Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- WEB
- Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
- ASV
- Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
- DARBY
- go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
- BLB
- Therefore go on the thoroughfares of the roads and call to the wedding feast as many as you⁺ may find.’
- ÅB
- derfor skal dere gå ut i veikryssene og be alle dere finner til bryllupet!’
- OTB
- Gå derfor ut til hovedveiene og inviter så mange dere finner til festen.'
- B1930
- gå derfor ut på veiskjellene og be til bryllups så mange I finner!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 14:21–24
The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Read in contextMark 16:15–16
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Read in contextProverbs 1:20–23
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Read in contextProverbs 9:4–6
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Read in contextLuke 24:47
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Read in contextRevelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
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