Matthew 22:8 · Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 22:8 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 22:8 in Other Translations
| KJV | Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. |
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| WEB | “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. |
| ASV | Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy. |
| YLT | then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy, |
| WBT | Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy. |
| DBY | Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy; |
Commentary on Matthew 22:8
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 22:8
The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy--for how should those be deemed worthy to sit down at His table who had affronted Him by their treatment of His gracious invitation?
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Questions about Matthew 22:8
What does Matthew 22:8 say?
Matthew 22:8 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,” Read it in the full context of Matthew 22, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 22:8 found in the Bible?
Matthew 22:8 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 22, verse 8, in the New Testament.
What Bible translation is Matthew 22:8 shown in?
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Then saith he to his servants,.... That were preserved from their rage and malice, and outlived their implacable enemies, and saw their utter ruin and destruction:
the wedding is ready; meaning not the marriage contract, which was secretly performed in eternity; or the calling of God's elect among the Jews, and their open espousal to Christ, which for the present was now over; but the marriage feast, or the Gospel dispensation, which was ushered in, and the ministry of it, to which nothing was wanting; all the promises, prophecies, types, and shadows, of the former dispensation, were now accomplished; the Lamb of God was slain, and all things to be done by him, were now finished; the ministers of the Gospel, the apostles, were called, their commission enlarged, and they qualified with a greater measure of the Spirit, and were sent to preach both to Jews and Gentiles:
but they which were bidden were not worthy; that is, the Jews, who had notice of this dispensation by the prophets, were told by John the Baptist, that it was at hand; were once, and again externally called unto it by the ministry of the apostles; but they were not only unworthy in themselves, as all men are, of such a blessing and privilege, but they behaved towards it in a very unworthy manner; they were so far from attending on it in a diligent and peaceable way, as becomes all such persons that are blessed with the external ministry of it; who when they do so, may be said to behave worthily, and, in some sense, to be worthy of such a privilege being continued with them; see Mat 10:13 compared with Luk 10:6 that they contradicted and blasphemed it, and by their own outrageous carriage, showed plainly that they were unworthy of it; and were so judged by Christ and his apostles, who ordered them to turn from them, and go to the Gentiles, and which may be intended in the following words.