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Matthew 22:12
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
Matthew 22:12 · World English Bible
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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 therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
10 Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
14 For many are called, but few chosen.”
15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
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