14For many are called, but few are chosen.


In Context

11 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.

12 And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent.

13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.

16 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.

Matthew 22:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few [are] chosen.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:14"For many are invited, but few are chosen."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few chosen.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few chosen.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few chosen.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14for many are called, and few chosen.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.