Mateus 22:9

9 Ide, pois, pelas encruzilhadas dos caminhos, e a quantos encontrardes, convidai-os para as bodas.

Mateus 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:9

Go ye therefore into the highways
Either of the city, which were open and public, and where much people were passing to and fro; or of the fields, the high roads, where many passengers were travelling; and may design the Gentile world, and Gentile sinners, who, in respect of the Jews, were far off; were walking in their own ways, and in the high road to destruction; and may denote their being the vilest of sinners, and as having nothing to recommend them to the divine favour, and to such privileges as this entertainment expresses: and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage;
to the marriage feast, not the marriage supper, but the dinner, ( Matthew 22:4 ) , their orders were to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, Jew or Gentile, high or low, rich or poor, outwardly righteous, or openly profane, greater or lesser sinners, and exhort them to attend the Gospel ministry, and ordinances.

Mateus 22:9 In-Context

7 Mas o rei encolerizou-se; e enviando os seus exércitos, destruiu aqueles homicidas, e incendiou a sua cidade.

8 Então disse aos seus servos: As bodas, na verdade, estão preparadas, mas os convidados não eram dignos.

9 Ide, pois, pelas encruzilhadas dos caminhos, e a quantos encontrardes, convidai-os para as bodas.

10 E saíram aqueles servos pelos caminhos, e ajuntaram todos quantos encontraram, tanto maus como bons; e encheu-se de convivas a sala nupcial.

11 Mas, quando o rei entrou para ver os convivas, viu ali um homem que não trajava veste nupcial;