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


In Context

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.

9 Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'

10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:8Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8|Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.