Matthew 22:9

9 Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'

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 So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, "`The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.
9 Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'
10 "So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests.
11 "Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.
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