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

7But when the king heard of it, he was angry: and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage. 10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not a 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

• yeπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• intoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• highwaysδιέξοδοςdiexodos · thoroughfareG1327
• highwaysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• asἄνan · ifG302
• findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• inviteκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• marriageγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062

Cross-references for Matthew 22:9

• Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth outside; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
• Proverbs 8:1Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
• Proverbs 9:4Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him,
• Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Mark 16:15And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Luke 14:21So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind.
• Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
• Ephesians 3:8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him 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