"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.'
Matthew 22:9 - English Majority Text Version 2009 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.' 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 said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.'
"So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding [hall] was filled with guests.
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you to be a light of the nations, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.' "
To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"And let him who hears say, "Come!"And let him who thirsts come. And whosoever will, let him take [the] water of life freely.