Matthew 22:9 (GNV)

Passage

Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:7 But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

Matthew 22:8 Then saide hee to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9 Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

Matthew 22:10 So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.

Matthew 22:11 Then the King came in, to see the ghestes, and sawe there a man which had not on a wedding garment.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "high", "wayes", "finde", and "mariage". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Then saide hee to his seruants Truely..." into verse 10's "So those seruantes went out into the...", so "therefore" and "high" 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 "therefore" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.