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Matthew 22:7-14
English Standard Version
Matthew 22:7-14
English Standard Version
7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (A)destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not (B)worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads and (C)gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there (D)a man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, (E)‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and (F)cast him into the outer darkness. In that place (G)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are (H)called, but few are (I)chosen.”
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:7-14
SBL Greek New Testament
ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:7-14
SBL Greek New Testament
7 [a]ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὠργίσθη, καὶ πέμψας τὰ στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς φονεῖς ἐκείνους καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησεν. 8 τότε λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ· Ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν ἄξιοι· 9 πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους [b]ἐὰν εὕρητε καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους. 10 καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας [c]οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ [d]γάμος ἀνακειμένων. 11 εἰσελθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς θεάσασθαι τοὺς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου· 12 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ἑταῖρε, πῶς εἰσῆλθες ὧδε μὴ ἔχων ἔνδυμα γάμου; ὁ δὲ ἐφιμώθη. 13 τότε [e]ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν τοῖς διακόνοις· Δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας [f]ἐκβάλετε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. 14 πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοὶ ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:7 ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς WH Treg NIV ] Καὶ ἀκούσας ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκεῖνος RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:9 ἐὰν WH Treg NIV ] ἂν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:10 οὓς WH NIV ] ὅσους Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:10 γάμος Treg NIV RP ] νυμφὼν WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:13 ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν WH Treg NIV ] εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:13 ἐκβάλετε αὐτὸν WH Treg NIV ] ἄρατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκβάλετε RP
Matthew 22:7-14
New International Version
Matthew 22:7-14
New International Version
7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(A) 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 So go to the street corners(B) 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, the bad as well as the good,(C) and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend(D)?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(E)
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”(F)
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