American Standard Version
Matthew 22:10
10And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
Matthew 22:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Context of Matthew 22:10
8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy. 9Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. 11But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment: 12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
Read all of Matthew 22Matthew 22:10 word by word
καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμος ἀνακειμένων.¶Read the interlinear
- servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
- wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- highwaysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- manyὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- badπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- weddingγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062
- filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
Cross-references for Matthew 22:10
- Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
- Matthew 13:38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
- Matthew 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
- 2 Corinthians 12:21lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
- Matthew 25:10And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
- Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
- Revelation 7:9After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and ofalltribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
- Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
Commentaries on Matthew 22:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Gathered together all - both bad and good - By the preaching of the Gospel, multitudes of souls are gathered into what is generally termed the visible Church of Christ. This Church is the Floor, where the wheat and the chaff are often mingled, Matthew 3:12. The Field, where the bastard wheat and the true grain grow together, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:27. The Net, which collects of all kinds, both good and bad, Matthew 13:48. The House in which the wise…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Bad and good - All descriptions of people. None are good by nature; if they were they would not need the gospel; but some are worse than others, and they have special need of it. None can be saved without it.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10both evil and good: See Matthew 13:24–50.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good--that is, without making any distinction between open sinners and the morally correct. The Gospel call fetched in Jews, Samaritans, and outlying heathen alike. Thus far the parable answers to that of "the Great Supper" (Lu 14:16, &c.). But the distinguishing feature of our parable is what follows:Read the comment
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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
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