Matthew 22:9

Matthew 22:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
• New International Version (NIV)So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

Context of Matthew 22:9

7The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table]. 11“But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes,

Matthew 22:9 word by word

πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε, καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go yeπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• intoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·διέξοδοςdiexodos · thoroughfareG1327
• the highwaysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• as manyὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• asἄνan · ifG302
• ye shall findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• bidκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the marriageγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062

Cross-references for Matthew 22:9

• Proverbs 1:20Wisdom shouts in the street, She raises her voice in the markets;
• Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says,
• Isaiah 55:1“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].
• Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
• Luke 14:21So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then [his master,] the head of the household, became angry [at the rejections of his invitation] and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and the lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.’
• Luke 24:47and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Acts 13:47For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles, So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’ ”
• Ephesians 3:8To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],
• Revelation 22:17The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.

Commentaries on Matthew 22:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Go ye therefore into the highways - , cross or by-paths; the places where two or more roads met in one, leading into the city, where people were coming together from various quarters of the country. St. Luke adds hedges, to point out the people to whom the apostles were sent, as either miserable vagabonds, or the most indigent poor, who were wandering about the country, or sitting by the sides of the ways and hedges, imploring relief. This verse points…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The highways - Literally, the “exit” or “going out” of the “paths or roads.” It means the square or principal street, into which a number of smaller streets enter; a place, therefore, of confluence, where many persons would be seen, and persons of all descriptions. By this is represented the offering of the gospel to the Gentiles. They were commonly regarded among the Jews as living in highways and hedges cast out and despised.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9as many as you can find: God's invitation is now open to all people, not only the nation of Israel (see Matthew 28:16–20; compare 10:5–6; 15:21–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Go ye therefore into the highways--the great outlets and thoroughfares, whether of town or country, where human beings are to be found. and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage--that is, just as they are.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 22:9

• Covetousness
• Feasts
• Hospitality
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Salvation
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Commandment
• Darkness
• Dinner
• Entangle
• Friend
• Guest
• Image
• Love
• Marriage

Commentaries on Matthew 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings