Matthew 22:14

Matthew 22:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For many are called, but few are chosen.
• New International Version (NIV)“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For many are called, but few are chosen."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Context of Matthew 22:14

12The king said to the man, “How did you come in here, my friend? You are not wearing the right clothes for a marriage.” The man could not answer the king. 13The king said to his servants, “Tie his hands and his feet. Take him and throw him into the dark place outside. There, people will cry and they will bite their teeth together.” God asks many people to come to him. But he only chooses a few people to be there with him.’ 15After the Pharisees heard this, they thought about what they could do. They wanted to ask Jesus difficult questions. They wanted to make him say something wrong about the Roman ruler. 16So the Pharisees sent their own disciples to Jesus. They also sent people who were friends of King Herod. They said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we know that you only say true things. You teach us what God wants us to do. It does not matter to you what other people think. If someone is important, you do not change your answers to make them happy.

Matthew 22:14 word by word

πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• calledκλητόςklētos · calledG2822
• butδέde · thenG1161
• fewὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• chosenἐκλεκτόςeklektos · selectG1588

Cross-references for Matthew 22:14

• Matthew 7:13‘Go in through the narrow gate to get true life with God. There is a wide gate that is easy to go through. The wide path is easy to travel on. Many people find that wide gate, but it is the way to hell.
• Matthew 20:16Jesus then said, ‘So, one day, those people who are not important now will become the most important. Those people who are very important now will become the least important.’
• Luke 13:23One day, somebody asked him, ‘Sir, will God only save a small number of people?’

Commentaries on Matthew 22:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Many are called, etc. - This verse is wanting in one of Colbert's MSS., marked 33 in Griesbach. See the note on Matthew 20:16. Many are called by the preaching of the Gospel into the outward communion of the Church of Christ; but few, comparatively, are chosen to dwell with God in glory, because they do not come to the master of the feast for a marriage garment - for that holiness without which none can see the Lord. This is an allusion to the Roman…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Many are called, but few are chosen - Our Saviour often uses this expression. It was probably proverbial. The Jews had been called, but few of them had been chosen to life. The great mass of the nation was wicked, and they showed by their lives that they were not chosen to salvation. The Gentiles also were invited to be saved, Isaiah 45:22. Nation after nation has been called; but few, few have yet showed that they were real Christians, the elect of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Many people receive an invitation to the kingdom. But God only choses a few who faithfully obey Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. For many are called, but few are chosen--So Mt 19:30. See on Mt 20:16. For the exposition, see on Mr 12:13-34. For the exposition, see on Mr 12:35-37.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 22:14

• Chosen, or Elected
• Covetousness
• Feasts
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Predestination
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Salvation
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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

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