10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all that ever they found, both good and [a]bad: so the wedding was furnished with guests.

11 [b]Then the king came in, to see the guests, and saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

12 And he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment? And he was [c]speechless.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:10 The general calling offereth the Gospel to all men: but their life is examined that enter in.
  2. Matthew 22:11 In the small number which come at the calling, there are some castaways which do not confirm their faith with newness of life.
  3. Matthew 22:12 Word for word, haltered, that is to say, he held his peace, as though he had had a bridle or an halter about his neck.

10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,(A) 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(B)?’ The man was speechless.

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