6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.


In Context

3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

4 "Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'

5 "But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business.

6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.

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

8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.

Matthew 22:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them] spitefully, and slew [them. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:6And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6And the remnant took his servants, and treated them spitefully, and slew them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.