Berean Standard Bible
Matthew 22:10
10So 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.
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 he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy. 9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’ 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. 11But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. 12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man 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
- Soκαίkai · andG2532
- ·ἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
- went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- streetsὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
- everyoneπᾶςpas · allG3956
- everyoneὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- they could findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
- bothτεte · and/bothG5037
- evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- wedding hallγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062
- was filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
- with guestsἀνάκειμαιanakeimai · to reclineG345
Cross-references for Matthew 22:10
- Matthew 22:11But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
- Matthew 13:38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
- Matthew 25:1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- Matthew 25:10But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
- Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
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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