Matthew 22 · Verse 9

Matthew 22:9

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Matthew 22:9, King James Version

Matthew 22:9 in other translations

BSBGo therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
WEBGo therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
ASVGo ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
YLTbe going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
DARBYgo therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
BBEGo then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
WebsterGo ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage.

What does Matthew 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 9. The 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, poor, and despised.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Go ye therefore into the highways - Διεξοδους των οδων, 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 out the final rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles. It was a custom among the Jews, when a rich man made a feast, to go out and invite in all destitute travelers. See in Rab. Beracoth, fol. 43. As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage - God sends his salvation to every soul, that all may believe and be saved.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 22:1-14

The provision made for perishing souls in the gospel, is represented by a royal feast made by a king, with eastern liberality, on the marriage of his son. Our merciful God has not only provided food, but a royal feast, for the perishing souls of his rebellious creatures. There is enough and to spare, of every thing that can add to our present comfort and everlasting happiness, in the salvation of his Son Jesus…

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Matthew 22:9 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

πορεύεσθεporeuesthedo goG4198
οὖνounthereforeG3767
ἐπὶepiintoG1909
τὰςtastheG3588
διεξόδουςdiexodousthoroughfaresG1327
τῶνtōnof theG3588
ὁδῶν,hodōnhighways,G3598
καὶkaiandG2532
ὅσουςhosousas many asG3745
ἐὰνeanifG1437
εὕρητε,heurēteyou shall find,G2147
καλέσατεkalesatedo inviteG2564
εἰςeistoG1519
τοὺςtoustheG3588
γάμους.gamouswedding feast.G1062

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 22:9

  • Luke 14:21-24

    So that servant came, and shewed 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

  • Mark 16:15-16

    And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

  • Proverbs 1:20-23

    Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • Proverbs 9:4-6

    Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Isaiah 55:1-3

    Ho, 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. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Luke 24:47

    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 13:47

    For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

  • Revelation 22:17

    And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

  • Ezekiel 21:21

    For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

  • Proverbs 8:1-5

    Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. …

  • Ephesians 3:8

    Unto 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;

  • Isaiah 55:6-7

    Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 1:20-23; 8:1-5; 9:4-6; Isa 55:1-3,6,7; Mr 16:15,16; Lu 14:21-24
Lu 24:47; Ac 13:47; Eph 3:8; Re 22:17

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Context

  • Matthew 22:8

    Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

  • Matthew 22:9

    Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

  • Matthew 22:10

    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.

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Matthew 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Id pues á las salidas de los caminos, y llamad á las bodas á cuantos hallareis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
allez donc dans les carrefours des chemins, et autant de gens que vous trouverez, conviez-les aux noces.
German
Elberfelder 1871
so gehet nun hin auf die Kreuzwege der Landstraßen, und so viele immer ihr finden werdet, ladet zur Hochzeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ite ergo ad exitus viarum, et quoscumque inveneritis, vocate ad nuptias.