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, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city. 8“Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’ 10So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. 11When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

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 calls out in the street; she makes her voice heard in the public squares.
• Proverbs 8:1Doesn’t wisdom call out? Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!” To the one who lacks sense, she says,
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
• Mark 16:15Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
• Luke 14:21“So the servant came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
• Luke 24:47and repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 13:47For 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.”
• Ephesians 3:8This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
• Revelation 22:17Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let anyone who hears, say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.

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