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

6And the rest grabbed his servants, humiliated them, and killed them. 7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city. “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.’ 10And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding 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 22:4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who were invited, “Look, I’ve prepared my meal. My oxen and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
• Matthew 10:11“Whatever town or village you shall enter, find out who in it is worthy and stay there until you leave.
• Luke 20:35But those considered worthy to reach the olam ha-ba and the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
• Luke 21:36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Acts 13:46Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unfit for eternal life—behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. (
• Revelation 3:4“But still, you have a few people in Sardis who have not stained their clothes. They will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.
• Revelation 22:14How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter 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