And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. |
So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. |
and he said to him, “Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And he was speechless. |
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless. |
And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged). |
And he says to him, My good friend, in what way did you enter here, not having a wedding garment? And he became speechless. |
‘How did you come in here, my friend,’ he said to him, ‘without being properly dressed for the wedding?’ And the man had nothing to say. |
So he said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding suit (garment) on?’ But his lips were sealed. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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