7And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.


In Context

4 Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

5 But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.

6 And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them.

7 And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

8 Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

9 go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

Matthew 22:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But when the king heard [thereof,] he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7But when the king heard of it, he was wroth: and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7'And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.