Matthew 22:14

Simplified Cowboy Version

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

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."

International Standard Version
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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.'"

Contextual Overview

¹Jesus told another story and said, ²"The Boss's place is like a big rancher who planned a BBQ for his son's wedding. ³He sent some of his cowboys to the other ranches to invite them to the BBQ, but no one came. ⁴"Then he sent some more cowboys to the neighbors he had invited with the message, 'I've butchered my best steer and the fattest hogs. Y'all be sure and put your cowboy hats on. That's the only thing I ask. Come get the best food in the world and help me celebrate my son's wedding.' ⁵"But nobody came and they all ignored the invitation. They were too busy for the big rancher. One went and worked his new colt, and another went ropin'. ⁶The other folks who were invited were just bored so they beat up the big rancher's cowboys and even killed a few of them. ⁷The big rancher was furious! He sent his hired guns to kill those who had murdered his cowboys and they even burned their ranches to the ground. ⁸"Then he said to his cowboys, 'The wedding BBQ is ready, but no cowboys wanted to come. ⁹Go into the city and invite anyone you find. Tell them to put their hats on and come help me celebrate.' ¹⁰The cowboys went into to the city and invited everyone they saw. It didn't matter if they were good or bad. They invited everyone and the ranch headquarters was packed with people.

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
So the Word of God put on a human body and rode among us. We saw his magnificence. This bright light that shone from him, a light that only the soul can see, was a gift from the Father to his only Boy. God's Son rode with a love that wouldn't quit and a faithfulness that could not be snuffed out.

1 Timothy 3:16
I know this is hard to understand. It is the mystery of our faith—God came down from heaven so we could see him. He didn't need human acceptance. The Spirit of God was with him. The angels saw his glory. He taught the truth to the world and many believed it. And when his ride was through, he rode up to heaven in glory.

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!