Matthew 22:14

International Standard Version

For many are invited, but few are chosen."Matthew 20:16;">[xr]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

King James Version (1611)
For many are called, but few are chosen.

King James Version
For many are called, but few are chosen.

English Standard Version
For many are called, but few are chosen."

New American Standard Bible
"For many are called, but few are chosen."

New Century Version
"Yes, many are invited, but only a few are chosen."

Amplified Bible
"For many are called (invited, summoned), but few are chosen."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For many are called, but few are chosen."

Legacy Standard Bible
For many are called, but few are chosen."

Berean Standard Bible
For many are called, but few are chosen."

Contemporary English Version
Many are invited, but only a few are chosen.

Complete Jewish Bible
for many are invited, but few are chosen."

Darby Translation
For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Yes, many people are invited. But only a few are chosen."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For many are called, but fewe chosen.

George Lamsa Translation
For many are invited, and few are chosen.

Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "Many are invited, but few are chosen."

Lexham English Bible
For many are called but few are chosen."

Literal Translation
For many are called, but few chosen.

American Standard Version
For many are called, but few chosen.

Bible in Basic English
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

Hebrew Names Version
For many are called, but few chosen."

Etheridge Translation
For many are the called, but few the chosen.

Murdock Translation
For the called are many, and the chosen are few.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For many be called, but fewe are chosen.

English Revised Version
For many are called, but few chosen.

World English Bible
For many are called, but few chosen."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For many are called, but few chosen.

Weymouth's New Testament
"For there are many called, but few chosen."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.

Update Bible Version
For many are called, but few chosen.

Webster's Bible Translation
For many are called, but few [are] chosen.

New English Translation
For many are called, but few are chosen."

New King James Version
"For many are called, but few are chosen."

New Living Translation
"For many are called, but few are chosen."

New Life Bible
For many are called but few are chosen."

New Revised Standard
For many are called, but few are chosen."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, many, are called, but, few, chosen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For many are called, but few are chosen.

Revised Standard Version
For many are called, but few are chosen."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For many are called and feawe be chosen.

Young's Literal Translation
for many are called, and few chosen.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For many be called, but few are chose.

Mace New Testament (1729)
thus many are called, but few are converted.

THE MESSAGE
"That's what I mean when I say, ‘Many get invited; only a few make it.'"

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Many will be invited, but only a few will come."

Contextual Overview

¹ Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,Luke 14:16; Revelation 19:7,9;">[xr] ² "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. ³ He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come. ⁴ SoAgain">[fn] he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look, I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!"'Proverbs 9:2;">[xr] ⁵ But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. ⁶ The rest grabbed the king'shis">[fn] servants, treated them brutally, and then killed them. ⁷ Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.Daniel 9:26; Luke 19:27;">[xr] ⁸ "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.Matthew 10:11,13; Acts 13:46;">[xr] ⁹ So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.' ¹⁰ Those servants went out into the streets and brought in all the people they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests.Matthew 13:38,47;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 20:16, Luke 13:23, Luke 13:24

Reciprocal: Esther 2:4 - let the maiden

Cross-References

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and tabernacledpitched his tent">[fn] among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son,Son">[fn] full of grace and truth.Isaiah 40:5; Matthew 1:16,20; 17:2; Luke 1:31,35; 2:7; John 2:11; 11:40; Romans 1:3; Galatians 4:4; Colossians 1:19; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 2:11,14, 16-17; 2 Peter 1:17;">[xr]

1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great:[fn]Matthew 3:16; 28:2; Mark 16:5; Luke 2:13; John 1:14,32-33; 15:26; 16:8-9; 20:12; Acts 1:19; 10:34; Romans 1:4; 10:18; Galatians 2:8; Ephesians 3:5-6,8, 10; Colossians 1:6,23, 27-28; 1 Timothy 2:7; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 John 1:2; 5:6;">[xr] In flesh was heGod">[fn] revealed to sight, Kept righteous by the Spirit's might, Adored by angels singing.he was seen by angels">[fn] To nations was he manifest, Believing souls found peace and rest,he was believed in the world">[fn] Our Lord in heaven reigning!he was taken up in glory">[fn]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For many are called, but few chosen. See Gill "Mt 20:16"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many are called, but few are chosen - Our Saviour often uses this expression. It was probably proverbial. The Jews had been called, but few of them had been chosen to life. The great mass of the nation was wicked, and they showed by their lives that they were not chosen to salvation. The Gentiles also were invited to be saved, Isaiah 45:22. Nation after nation has been called; but few, few have yet showed that they were real Christians, the elect of God. It is also true that many who are in the church may prove to be without the wedding garment, and show at last that they were not the chosen of God. This remark in the 14th verse is the inference from the “whole parable,” and not of the part about the man without the wedding garment. It does not mean, therefore, that the great mass in the church are simply called and not chosen, or are hypocrites; but the great mass in “the human family,” in the time of Christ, who had been “called,” had rejected the mercy of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 22:14. Many are called, c.] This verse is wanting in one of Colbert's MSS., marked 33 in Griesbach. See the note on Matthew 20:16. Many are called by the preaching of the Gospel into the outward communion of the Church of Christ but few, comparatively, are chosen to dwell with God In glory, because they do not come to the master of the feast for a marriage garment-for that holiness without which none can see the Lord. This is an allusion to the Roman custom of raising their militia; all were mustered, but only those were chosen to serve, who were found proper. See the note on Matthew 20:16. Reader! examine thy soul, and make sure work for eternity!