Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'
A Conservative Version
Go ye therefore to the crossings of the ways, and as many as ye may find, call to the wedding festivities.
American Standard Version
Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Go, therefore, to the cross-ways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.
Bible in Basic English
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
Common New Testament
Go therefore to the highways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
go therefore into the high streets, and as many as ye find, invite to the marriage:
Darby Translation
go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
Godbey New Testament
Go ye therefore to crossings of the roads, and so many as you may find, invite to the marriage.
Goodspeed New Testament
So go out where the roads leave the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'
John Wesley New Testament
Go ye therefore into the highways, and invite whomsoever ye find to the wedding-banquet.
Julia Smith Translation
Go ye, therefore, to the passages of the ways, and as many as ye should find, call to the nuptial feast.
King James 2000
Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, go out to the [places where] the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding celebration as many [people] as you find.'
Modern King James verseion
Therefore go into the exits of the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite them to the marriage.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Go ye therefore out into the highways, and as many as ye find, bid them to the marriage.'
Moffatt New Testament
So go to the byeways and invite anyone you meet to the marriage-banquet.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.'
NET Bible
So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.'
New Heart English Bible
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
Noyes New Testament
Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, invite to the feast.
Sawyer New Testament
Go, therefore, to the crossings of the ways, and invite all you find to the wedding.
The Emphasized Bible
Be going, therefore, into the crossways of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call ye into the marriage-feast.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
go therefore into the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as ye find, invite to the banquet.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So go to the cross-roads, and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'
Webster
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage.
Weymouth New Testament
Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'
Williams New Testament
So go out to the country crossroads and invite everybody you find to my wedding reception.'
World English Bible
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
Worrell New Testament
go, therefore, to the outlets of the highways; and as many as ye find, invite to the marriage feast.'
Worsley New Testament
go therefore into the public streets, and as many as ye meet with invite to the wedding.
Youngs Literal Translation
be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Universal
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Universality of
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the marriage banquet (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The arriage of the king's son
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a king who made a marriage feast for his son
Parables » Parables of Christ » Marriage-feast
Universal » Blessing, possible » Call
Wicked people » Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of » The marriage supper
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 22:9
Images Matthew 22:9
Prayers for Matthew 22:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Wedding Celebration
8 Then he told his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited to it [proved they] were not worthy [to attend]. 9 Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.' 10 So, his servants went out to the highways and gathered in all those who could be found, both bad and good, so that the wedding [reception] was full of guests.
Cross References
Mark 16:15-16
Then He said to them, "You [men] go into the entire world and preach the good news to every person.
Luke 14:21-24
Then the slave returned and told his master about these things. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring people who are poor, and handicapped, and blind and crippled in here [i.e., to the supper].'
Luke 24:47
And [the need for] a change of heart and life in order to receive the forgiveness of sins [from God] will be preached in Jesus' name [i.e., by His authority] to people of all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 13:47
For the Lord commanded us to do this by saying, 'I have appointed you to be a light to the [unconverted] Gentiles, so that you should be [the occasion] for [bringing] salvation to the farthest corner of the earth.' "
Ephesians 3:8
This favor of preaching the unfathomable riches of Christ to the Gentiles was given to me [even though] I am the least significant of all saints [i.e., God's holy people].
Revelation 22:17
And the Holy Spirit and the bride [i.e., the church. See 21:9] say, "Come!" And the person who hears [this] should say "Come." And the person who is [spiritually] thirsty should come; [and] whoever wants to should come and drink the water of life without having to pay for it.