"So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and th…" — Matthew 22:9

Matthew 22:9 · KJV

“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.”

— Matthew 22:9

Verse 8

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

Verse 10

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

Matthew 22 — Context

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

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

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.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Cross References

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.

Mark 16:15-16

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Proverbs 1:20-23

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}

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.

Luke 24:47

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

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. {parting of: Heb. mother of} {arrows: or, knives} {images: Heb. teraphim}

Proverbs 9:4-6

Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 8:1-5

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?