Matthew 8:12

Matthew 8:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• New International Version (NIV)But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Context of Matthew 8:12

10When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel! 11I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour. 14Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

Matthew 8:12 word by word

οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἐκβληθήσονται εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• shall be cast outἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• outerἐξώτεροςexōteros · outerG1857
• darknessσκότοςskotos · darknessG4655
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• weepingκλαυθμόςklauthmos · weepingG2805
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• gnashingβρυγμόςbrugmos · gnashingG1030
• of teethὀδούςodous · toothG3599

Cross-references for Matthew 8:12

• Matthew 3:9and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
• Matthew 7:22On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’
• Matthew 21:43For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
• Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’
• Romans 9:4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:12And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.
• Matthew 24:51and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,
• Jude 1:13wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

Commentaries on Matthew 8:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Shall be cast out into outer darkness - As the enjoyment of that salvation which Jesus Christ calls the kingdom of heaven is here represented under the notion of a nuptial festival, at which the guests sat down in a reclining posture, with the master of the feast; so the state of those who were excluded from the banquet is represented as deep darkness; because the nuptial solemnities took place at night. Hence, at those suppers, the house of reception was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The children of the kingdom - That is, the children, or the people, who “expected the kingdom,” or to whom it properly belonged; or, in other words, the Jews. they supposed themselves to be the special favorites of heaven. They thought that the Messiah would enlarge their nation and spread the triumphs of their kingdom. They called themselves, therefore, the children or the members of the kingdom of God, to the exclusion of the Gentiles. Our Saviour used…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 This centurion was a heathen, a Roman soldier. Though he was a soldier, yet he was a godly man. No man's calling or place will be an excuse for unbelief and sin. See how he states his servant's case. We should concern ourselves for the souls of our children and servants, who are spiritually sick, who feel not spiritual evils, who know not that which is spiritually good; and we should bring them to Christ by faith and prayers. Observe his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The coming of Gentiles fulfills Old Testament promises (Isaiah 2:2–3). God promised Abraham that he would be a blessing to many nations, not just the Jewish people (Genesis 18:18). Christ fulfills this promise (Galatians 3:8, 16).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 8:12

• Centurion
• Colors
• Darkness
• Gnashing of Teeth
• Heathen
• Hell
• Intercession
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Prayer
• Servant
• Sorrow
• Teeth
• Weeping
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hell
• Hole
• Immediately
• Kingdom of God
• Palsy
• Rebuke
• Sickness
• Speak

Commentaries on Matthew 8

• 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