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Matthew 22:8

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then he told his servants, 'The wedding is all set up and ready to go, but the people I invited? They don't deserve to be here.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the people you expect to show up are the ones who miss out on something amazing.

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So the servants went out to the streets and invited literally everyone they could find — the good people, the messy people, everyone in between. The wedding hall was packed.

So he sent his servants out to call everyone who was already invited to the wedding, but they straight up refused to come.

So he sent out more servants with this message: 'Tell everyone who's invited that I've got everything ready — the best meat is cooked, the feast is prepared, everything's perfect. Come to the wedding!'

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