Matthew 22:10

Matthew 22:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So 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.
• New International Version (NIV)So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Context of Matthew 22:10

8“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’ And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests. 11“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes. 12‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.

Matthew 22:10 word by word

καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμος ἀνακειμένων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soκαίkai · andG2532
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• servantsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• went outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the highwaysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• and gathered togetherσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• as many asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• they foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• badπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• the weddingγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062
• was furnishedπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
• with guestsἀνάκειμαιanakeimai · to reclineG345

Cross-references for Matthew 22:10

• Matthew 22:11“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes.
• Matthew 13:38and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one.
• Matthew 25:1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, those who practice homosexuality,
• 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I will mourn for many of those who have sinned before and not repented of the impurity and sexual immorality and indecency which they committed.
• 1 John 2:19They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.
• Revelation 2:14“But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who was teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before Bnei-Yisrael, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
• Matthew 25:10“But while they were going off to buy, the bridegroom came. And those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
• Revelation 5:9And they are singing a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. For You were slain, and by Your blood You redeemed for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
• Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a vast multitude that no one could count—from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues—was standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands
• Revelation 19:6Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude—like the roar of rushing waters or like the rumbling of powerful thunder—saying, “Halleluyah! For Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot reigns!

Commentaries on Matthew 22:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Gathered together all - both bad and good - By the preaching of the Gospel, multitudes of souls are gathered into what is generally termed the visible Church of Christ. This Church is the Floor, where the wheat and the chaff are often mingled, Matthew 3:12. The Field, where the bastard wheat and the true grain grow together, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:27. The Net, which collects of all kinds, both good and bad, Matthew 13:48. The House in which the wise…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Bad and good - All descriptions of people. None are good by nature; if they were they would not need the gospel; but some are worse than others, and they have special need of it. None can be saved without it.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10both evil and good: See Matthew 13:24–50.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good--that is, without making any distinction between open sinners and the morally correct. The Gospel call fetched in Jews, Samaritans, and outlying heathen alike. Thus far the parable answers to that of "the Great Supper" (Lu 14:16, &c.). But the distinguishing feature of our parable is what follows:Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 22:10

• 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