Matthew 22:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then he told his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited to it [proved they] were not worthy [to attend].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding party is prepared, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he said to his servants: 'The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.

Matthew 22:8 Cross References

Matthew 22:7

The king became furious and sent his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city.

Matthew 22:9

Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.’

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen act sadly while the groom is still with them? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 20:35

but those who are considered worthy of gaining that age [i.e., the future, never ending state] and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given away in marriage.

Luke 21:36

But you should be alert at all times, offering earnest prayers, so that you will be strong enough to escape all these things that will happen, and to appear [acceptable] in front of the Son of man [on that day].”

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas [continued to] speak out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the message of God be delivered to you [Jews] first. But since you have rejected it and [thereby] consider yourselves to be unworthy of [receiving] never ending life, we [i.e., Paul and Barnabas] will now begin proclaiming it to the [unconverted] Gentiles.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

The way you are faithfully enduring [such] suffering for the kingdom of God is clear evidence that God’s judgment is right in [eventually] counting you worthy of it [i.e., of entering the eternal phase of the kingdom].

Revelation 22:14

Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates.

Revelation 3:4

“But you have a few people [there] in Sardis who have not [spiritually] polluted their clothing, and they will walk with me in [robes of] white [i.e., probably now on earth as well as in heaven], for they are worthy.