Matthew 22:8 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 22:8

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:24
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

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), The wedding is ready, the covenant of grace ready to be sealed, a church ready to be founded; but they which were bidden, that is, the Jews, to whom pertained the covenant and the promises, by which they were of old invited to the feast of fat things, they were not worthy, they were utterly unworthy, and, by their contempt of Christ, had forfeited all the privileges they were invited to.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy--for how should those be deemed worthy to sit down at His table who had affronted Him by their treatment of His gracious invitation?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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