Matthew 22:9

Simplified Cowboy Version

Go into the city and invite anyone you find. Tell them to put their hats on and come help me celebrate.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’

King James Version (1611)
Goe yee therefore into the high wayes, and as many as yee shall finde, bid to the marriage.

King James Version
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

English Standard Version
Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'

New American Standard Bible
'So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.'

New Century Version
So go to the street corners and invite everyone you find to come to my feast.'

Amplified Bible
'So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.'

Legacy Standard Bible
Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, call to the wedding feast.'

Berean Standard Bible
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.'

Contemporary English Version
Go out to the street corners and tell everyone you meet to come to the banquet."

Complete Jewish Bible
So go out to the street-corners and invite to the banquet as many as you find.'

Darby Translation
go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

Easy-to-Read Version
So go to the street corners and invite everyone you see. Tell them to come to my feast.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

George Lamsa Translation
Go, therefore, to the main roads, and whomever you may find, invite them to the marriage- feast.

Good News Translation
Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.'

Lexham English Bible
Therefore, go out to the places where the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding celebration as many people as you find.'

Literal Translation
Then go onto the exits of the highways and call to the wedding feast as many as you may find.

American Standard Version
Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

Bible in Basic English
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

Hebrew Names Version
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

International Standard Version
So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

Etheridge Translation
Go therefore into the outlets of the highways, and every one whom you find call to the feast.

Murdock Translation
Go ye therefore to the terminations of the streets; and as many as ye find, bid to the feast.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes: and as many as ye fynde, bid [them] to the mariage.

English Revised Version
Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

World English Bible
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Go ye therefore into the highways, and invite whomsoever ye find to the wedding-banquet.

Weymouth's New Testament
Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor go ye to the endis of weies, and whom euere ye fynden, clepe ye to the weddyngis.

Update Bible Version
Go therefore to the partings of the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

Webster's Bible Translation
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage.

New English Translation
So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.'

New King James Version
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'

New Living Translation
Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.'

New Life Bible
Go out into the roads and as many people as you can find, ask them to come to the wedding supper.'

New Revised Standard
Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be going, therefore, into the crossways of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call ye into the marriage-feast.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.

Revised Standard Version
Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Go ye therfore out into ye hyewayes and as many as ye finde byd them to the mariage.

Young's Literal Translation
be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go youre waye out therfore in to ye hye wayes, and as many as ye fynde, byd them to the mariage.

Mace New Testament (1729)
go therefore into the high streets, and as many as ye find, invite to the marriage:

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

Proverbs 1:20-23, Proverbs 8:1-5, Proverbs 9:4-6, Isaiah 55:1-3, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Mark 16:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 14:21-24, Luke 24:47, Acts 13:47, Ephesians 3:8, Revelation 22:17

Reciprocal: Proverbs 8:3 - General Proverbs 9:3 - sent Isaiah 62:10 - go through Matthew 13:47 - and gathered Matthew 20:7 - Go Luke 14:23 - Go Romans 10:20 - I was made Hebrews 4:6 - some

Cross-References

Matthew 27:2
They tied him up and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.

Mark 15:1
Very early in the morning, all the religious leaders had made their plan against Jesus. They tied him up and handed him over to Pilate, the local Roman governor in charge.

Acts 8:32
The passage the man was reading was this, "As he was led to slaughter, like a lamb to the shearing table, he did not make a sound.

Galatians 3:13
But Jesus saved us from this curse of following a code that can't be followed. When he was strung up on that cross, he took this curse for us and suffered our consequences. The Good Book said, "Cursed is the one who is strung up on a tree."

Ephesians 5:2
Live a life of love like Jesus did. He loved us even though we didn't deserve it and willingly died for those who don't even appreciate him by the way they live their lives.

Hebrews 9:28
Jesus died once and then took away the sins of the world. No need to do it again if it was perfect the first time. Jesus is going to come riding back, but it won't be to save us from sin, he already did that. He will come riding over the hill again to take his cowboys who have been watching for him back home with him forever.

James 2:21
Wasn't the great cowboy Abraham right in God's eyes because he came within an instant of sacrificing his boy Isaac?

1 Peter 2:24
Jesus became our sin that was nailed to the cross. We are dead to sin and now can ride for what is right. By his injuries we are healed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Go ye therefore into the highways,.... Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were travelling; and may design the Gentile world, and Gentile sinners, who, in respect of the Jews, were far off; were walking in their own ways, and in the high road to destruction; and may denote their being the vilest of sinners, and as having nothing to recommend them to the divine favour, and to such privileges as this entertainment expresses:

and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage; to the marriage feast, not the marriage supper, but the dinner, Matthew 22:4, their orders were to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, Jew or Gentile, high or low, rich or poor, outwardly righteous, or openly profane, greater or lesser sinners, and exhort them to attend the Gospel ministry, and ordinances.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The highways - Literally, the “exit” or “going out” of the “paths or roads.” It means the square or principal street, into which a number of smaller streets enter; a place, therefore, of confluence, where many persons would be seen, and persons of all descriptions. By this is represented the offering of the gospel to the Gentiles. They were commonly regarded among the Jews as living in highways and hedges cast out and despised.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 22:9. Go ye therefore into the highways — διεξοδους των αδων, cross or by-paths; the places where two or more roads met in one, leading into the city, where people were coming together from various quarters of the country. St. Luke adds hedges, to point out the people to whom the apostles were sent, as either miserable vagabonds, or the most indigent poor, who were wandering about the country, or sitting by the sides of the ways and hedges, imploring relief. This verse points out the final rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles. It was a custom among the Jews, when a rich man made a feast, to go out and invite in all destitute travellers. See in Rab. Beracoth, fol. 43.

As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage — God sends his salvation to every soul, that all may believe and be saved.