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Matthew 22:9

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

KJV

πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.

Greek NT

ite ergo ad exitus viarum, et quoscumque inveneritis, vocate ad nuptias.

Vulgate

Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

ASV

Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάμος
gamos
noun · 16×
διέξοδος
diexodos
noun · 1×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐὰν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐὰν | RP: ἂν
  • ἐὰν — SBLGNT
  • ἐὰν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἂν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
§796The unity of Christ and the Church, head and members of one Body, also implies the distinction of the two within a personal relationship. This aspect is often expressed by the image of bridegroom and bride. the theme of Christ as Bridegroom of the Church was prepared for by the prophets and announced by John the Baptist.234 The Lord referred to himself as the "bridegroom."235 T…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210230.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Spurgeon pleads with sinners to come to Christ and with the Church to go out after them. The master's command to "compel them to come in" is a commission of urgency — not force, but earnest, passionate, unrelenting persuasion. The gospel invitation goes to the highways and hedges, to the poor and the outcast, to those who think themselves too wicked or too worthless. No one is …

Cross-references

  • Heb 4:6 — Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
  • Isa 62:10 — Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
  • Luke 14:21 — 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 poo
  • Luke 14:23 — 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.
  • Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Matt 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
  • Prov 1:20 — Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
  • Rom 10:20 — But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.