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Matthew 22:12
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10 So those servants went out into the highways and agathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.  
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there awho did not have on a wedding garment.  
12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was aspeechless.  
13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot,1 take him away, and cast him ainto outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’  
14 a“For many are called, but few are chosen.”  

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15 aThen the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 22:12

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American Standard Version
and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

Amplified® Bible
And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged).

Contemporary English Version
The king asked, "Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?" But the guest had no excuse.

Darby English Version
And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

Good News Bible
'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' the king asked him. But the man said nothing.

International Standard Version
He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.

King James Version
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

New American Standard Bible
and he *said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.

New International Version
'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

New King James Version
So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man became speechless.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.


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