Matthew 22:8

Matthew 22:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
• New International Version (NIV)“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Context of Matthew 22:8

6The rest grabbed the king’s servants, mistreated them, and then killed them. 7“The king became angry. He sent his soldiers, killed those murderers, and burned their city. “Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited don’t deserve the honor. 9Go where the roads leave the city. Invite everyone you find to the wedding.’ 10The servants went into the streets and brought in all the good people and all the evil people they found. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:8 word by word

Τότε λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ· ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν ἄξιοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• saith heλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• toδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• The weddingγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• readyἕτοιμοςhetoimos · readyG2092
• butδέde · thenG1161
• they which were biddenκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• notοὐou · noG3756
• worthyἄξιοςaxios · worthyG514

Cross-references for Matthew 22:8

• Matthew 22:4He sent other servants to tell the people who had been invited, ‘I’ve prepared dinner. My bulls and fattened calves have been butchered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!’
• Matthew 10:11“When you go into a city or village, look for people who will listen to you there. Stay with them until you leave ⌞that place⌟.
• Luke 20:35But people who are considered worthy to come back to life and live in the next world will neither marry
• Luke 21:36Be alert at all times. Pray so that you have the power to escape everything that is about to happen and to stand in front of the Son of Man.”
• Acts 13:46Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, “We had to speak God’s word to you first. Since you reject the word and consider yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, we are now going to turn to people of other nations.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5Your suffering proves that God’s judgment is right and that you are considered worthy of his kingdom.
• Revelation 3:4But you have a few people in Sardis who have kept their clothes clean. They will walk with me in white clothes because they deserve it.
• Revelation 22:14“Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

Commentaries on Matthew 22:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Were not worthy - Because they made light of it, and would not come; preferring earthly things to heavenly blessings. Among the Mohammedans, refusal to come to a marriage feast, when invited, is considered a breach of the law of God. Hedayah, vol. iv. p. 91. Any one that shall be invited to a dinner, and does not accept the invitation, disobeys God, and his messenger: and any one who comes uninvited, you may say is a thief, and returns a plunderer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8People who refuse God's invitation do not deserve to enter his kingdom (see Matthew 3:8; 10:13, 37–38).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy--for how should those be deemed worthy to sit down at His table who had affronted Him by their treatment of His gracious invitation?Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 22:8

• Covetousness
• Feasts
• Hospitality
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• 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