They replied, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You men also may go to work in my vineyard.’
Matthew 22:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Now go to the main crossroads of the highways and invite everyone you find there to the wedding reception.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. American Standard Version (1901) Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. Common English Bible Therefore, go to the roads on the edge of town and invite everyone you find to the wedding party.’ Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. |
They replied, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You men also may go to work in my vineyard.’
So, his servants went out to the highways and gathered in all those who could be found, both bad and good, so that the wedding [reception] was full of guests.
Then he told his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited to it [proved they] were not worthy [to attend].
And [the need for] a change of heart and life in order to receive the forgiveness of sins [from God] will be preached in Jesus’ name [i.e., by His authority] to people of all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
For the Lord commanded us to do this by saying, 'I have appointed you to be a light to the [unconverted] Gentiles, so that you should be [the occasion] for [bringing] salvation to the farthest corner of the earth.'"
This favor of preaching the unfathomable riches of Christ to the Gentiles was given to me [even though] I am the least significant of all saints [i.e., God’s holy people].
And the Holy Spirit and the bride [i.e., the church. See 21:9] say, “Come!” And the person who hears [this] should say “Come.” And the person who is [spiritually] thirsty should come; [and] whoever wants to should come and drink the water of life without having to pay for it.