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Matthew 22:8
Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
Matthew 22:8 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 22:8 in other translations
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.
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In context
5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.
8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
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