Matthew 22:9

9 Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.'

Matthew 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:9

Go ye therefore into the highways
Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were travelling; and may design the Gentile world, and Gentile sinners, who, in respect of the Jews, were far off; were walking in their own ways, and in the high road to destruction; and may denote their being the vilest of sinners, and as having nothing to recommend them to the divine favour, and to such privileges as this entertainment expresses: and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage;
to the marriage feast, not the marriage supper, but the dinner, ( Matthew 22:4 ) , their orders were to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, Jew or Gentile, high or low, rich or poor, outwardly righteous, or openly profane, greater or lesser sinners, and exhort them to attend the Gospel ministry, and ordinances.

Matthew 22:9 In-Context

7 The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.
8 Then he called his servants and said to them, "My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.
9 Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.'
10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
11 "The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.