Matthew 22:10 (DBY)

Passage

And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:8 Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

Matthew 22:9 go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

Matthew 22:10 And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

Matthew 22:11 And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

Matthew 22:12 And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bondmen", "went", "highways", "brought", "together", "found", "both", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bondmen" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "go therefore into the thoroughfares of the..." into verse 11's "And the king having gone in to...", so "bondmen" and "went" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bondmen" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.