Matthew 8:12

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

In Context

11"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

13Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’-I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

Matthew 13:38"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.

Matthew 13:50"There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:12"‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment?’ "The man was speechless.

Matthew 25:30"‘But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.’

Acts 3:25"You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:6-14

Christ Heals the Centurion's Servant. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he… Read the whole commentary →

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