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The Parable of the Banquet

Matthew 22:9

In 9 translations

BSB
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
KJV
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
WEB
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
ASV
Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
LSV
be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as you may find, call to the wedding feasts.
YLT
be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.
DBY
go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
DRC
Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
GNV
Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐὰν (“if”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἂν (“maybe”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐὰν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐὰν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἂν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.
RP2018
Πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἂν εὕρητε, καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.
TR-Boyd
Πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν, καὶ ὅσους ἂν εὕρητε, καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους.
SCR1894
πορευεσθε ουν επι τας διεξοδους των οδων και οσους αν ευρητε καλεσατε εις τους γαμους

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  • Luke 14:21–24The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled,…
  • Mark 16:15–16And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  • Proverbs 1:20–23Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will…
  • Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
  • Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
  • Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  • Isaiah 55:1–3“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that…
  • Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our…
  • Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Proverbs 8:1–5Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice? On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand. Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out: “To you, O men, I…
  • Proverbs 9:4–6“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
  • Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

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