Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, The weddings be ready, but they that were called to the feast, were not worthy.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7But the king, when he had heard, was wroth; and he sent his hosts, and destroyed those man-quellers, and burnt their city. (But the king, when he had heard, was enraged; and he sent his army, or his soldiers, and destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.)

9Therefore go ye into the ends of ways, and whomever ye find, call ye to the weddings.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy to me/is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy to me [or is not worthy of me].

Luke 21:36Therefore wake ye, praying in each time, (or And so be on watch, and always pray), that ye be had worthy to flee all these things that be to come [or that ye be worthy to flee all these things that shall come], and to stand before man’s Son.

2 Thessalonians 1:5into the ensample of the just doom of God, that ye be had worthy in the kingdom of God, for which ye suffer. (as an example of the righteous judgement of God, so that ye become worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye suffer.)

Revelation 22:14Blessed be they, that wash their stoles, (so) that the power of them be in the tree of life, and (they) enter by the gates into the city.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:2-15

The Parable of the Marriage Feast. 1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it,… Read the whole commentary →

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