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.’
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’

Context of Matthew 22:9

7The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.' 10And 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. 11"But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.

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 cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
• Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
• Proverbs 9:4"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
• Isaiah 55:1"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Mark 16:15And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
• Luke 14:21So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'
• Luke 24:47and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Acts 13:47For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, "'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
• Ephesians 3:8To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

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