Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. New Living Translation So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests. English Standard Version And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. Berean Study Bible So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. Berean Literal Bible And those servants, having gone out into the highways, brought together all, as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall became full of those reclining. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. New American Standard Bible Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. NASB 1995 "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. NASB 1977 “And those slaves went out into the streets, and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. Amplified Bible Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table]. Christian Standard Bible So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. Holman Christian Standard Bible So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. American Standard Version And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. Contemporary English Version They went out on the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests. Douay-Rheims Bible And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests. English Revised Version And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. Good News Translation So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people. GOD'S WORD® Translation The servants went into the streets and brought in all the good people and all the evil people they found. And the wedding hall was filled with guests. International Standard Version Those servants went out into the streets and brought in everyone they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests. Literal Standard Version And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, gathered all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was filled with those reclining. NET Bible And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. New Heart English Bible And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was filled with those reclining. Weymouth New Testament "So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests. World English Bible Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. Young's Literal Translation 'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining. Additional Translations ... Study Bible The Parable of the Banquet…9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’ 10So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.… Cross References Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. Matthew 22:9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.' Matthew 22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. Treasury of Scripture 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. both. Matthew 22:11,12 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: … Matthew 13:38,47,48 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; … Matthew 25:1,2 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom… and the. Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (10) Both bad and good.--The words imply, as in the parable of the Drag-net (Matthew 13:47-48), (1) the universality of the offer of the gospel, so that none were shut out through any previous sins; (2) that the assembly of the guests so gathered answers to the visible Church of Christ in which the evil are mingled with the good, waiting for the coming of the King "to see the guests." The wedding was furnished.--Some of the most ancient MSS. give "the bride-chamber was furnished;" but it looks like a gloss or explanatory note. Verse 10. - Highways; ὁδοὺς: the roads. Not "the partings of the ways," whither they had been ordered to go. Some see here an intimation of the imperfection of the work of human agents; but it is very doubtful if any such allusion is intended. More probably τὰς ὁδοὺς is only a synonym for τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν. Both bad and good. The visible Church contains a mixed company, as Christ indicated by more than one parable; e.g. the draw net, the tares, etc. (ch. 13.). The bad are named first, in order to show the infinite graciousness of the king. In the earliest times converts were baptized with very little preparation and without any probation, as we see in the case of the eunuch, the jailor, and many more mentioned in the Acts; and doubtless many were insincere and soon lapsed. When we read of whole households being baptized, and in later times of whole nations receiving Christian initiation, there must have been little individual preparation of heart or cleansing of conscience, and the missioner had to take for granted much which more careful examination would have proved to be fallacious. The mention of this mixture of bad and good in the company introduces the final scene. The wedding. The Sinaitic, Vatican, and other manuscripts read "marriage chamber" (νυμφὼν). So Tischendorf and Westcott and Herr. But the received text is well founded, and seems more natural. Guests; ἀνακειμένων: literally, recliners; Vulgate, discumbentium; so called from the customary attitude at meals.Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon SoΚαὶ (Kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. servants δοῦλοι (douloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. went out ἐξελθόντες (exelthontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. into εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὰς (tas) Article - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. streets ὁδοὺς (hodous) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. [and] gathered συνήγαγον (synēgagon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain. everyone πάντας (pantas) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. they could find, εὗρον (heuron) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. both τε (te) Conjunction Strong's Greek 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. evil πονηρούς (ponērous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. good, ἀγαθούς (agathous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 18: A primary word; 'good'. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. wedding hall γάμος (gamos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1062: A marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast. Of uncertain affinity; nuptials. was filled ἐπλήσθη (eplēsthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 4130: To fill, fulfill, complete. A prolonged form of a primary pleo to 'fill' (imbue, influence, supply); specially, to fulfil. with guests. ἀνακειμένων (anakeimenōn) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 345: To recline, especially at a dinner-table. From ana and keimai; to recline. 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