Matthew 22:13

Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The king speaks to his servants immediately after a guest fails to answer his question about lacking wedding clothes.

The words — βασιλεὺς (basileus) means king, and δήσαντες (dēsantes) translates to having bound.

The thread — The king’s command to bind and cast a guest into outer darkness parallels the judgment language in Matthew 8:12 and Matthew 25:30, while Matthew 13:42 uses the distinct image of a fiery furnace.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that unpreparedness in the king's presence results in immediate exclusion and irreversible consequences.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Cross-references

Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Matthew 13:42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 13:28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.