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Matthew 22:12
And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.
Matthew 22:12 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Matthew 22:12 in other translations
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
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In context
9 Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
10 And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
11 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.
12 And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.
13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
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