So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.

And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

So those servants went out into the highways, and collected all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

"So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests.

And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was filled with those reclining.

And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.

The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.

Bad and good - All descriptions of people. None are good by nature; if they were they would not need the gospel; but some are worse than others, and they have special need of it. None can be saved without it.

Gathered together all - both bad and good - By the preaching of the Gospel, multitudes of souls are gathered into what is generally termed the visible Church of Christ.
This Church is the Floor, where the wheat and the chaff are often mingled, Matthew 3:12.
The Field, where the bastard wheat and the true grain grow together, Matthew 13:26, Matthew 13:27.
The Net, which collects of all kinds, both good and bad, Matthew 13:48.
The House in which the wise and foolish are found, Matthew 25:1, etc.
And the Fold, in which there are both sheep and goats, Matthew 25:33; etc.

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both (c) bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
(c) The general calling offers the gospel to all men: but those who enter in have their life examined.

So these servants went out into the highways,.... Turned from the Jews, and went among the Gentiles, preaching the Gospel to them; particularly the Apostle Paul, with Barnabas, and others:
and gathered together all, as many as they found, both good and bad: the Persic version reads it, "known or unknown". The Gospel ministry is the means of gathering souls to Christ, and to attend his ordinances, and into his churches; and of these that are gathered by it into churches, and to an attendance on outward ordinances, some are good and some bad, as the fishes gathered in the net of the Gospel are said to be, in Matthew 13:47 which may either express the character of the Gentiles before conversion, some of them being outwardly good in their civil and moral character; closely adhering to the law and light of nature, doing the things of it, and others notoriously wicked; or rather, how they proved when gathered in, some being real believers, godly persons, whose conversations were as became the Gospel of Christ; others hypocrites, empty professors, having a form of godliness, and nothing of the power of it; destitute of grace in their hearts, and of holiness in their lives; and the whole sets forth the diligence of the servants, in executing their master's orders, with so much readiness and exactness:
and the wedding was furnished with guests; that is, the wedding chamber, or the place where the wedding was kept, and the marriage dinner was prepared, and eat; so the Syriac renders it, , "the house of the feast", or where the feast was kept; and so the Ethiopic version: the Persic version reads it, "the house of the nuptial feast": which designs the house and church of God, into which large numbers of the Gentiles were brought, by the ministry of the apostles; so that it was filled with persons that made a profession of Christ and his Gospel.

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good--that is, without making any distinction between open sinners and the morally correct. The Gospel call fetched in Jews, Samaritans, and outlying heathen alike. Thus far the parable answers to that of "the Great Supper" (Luke 14:16, &c.). But the distinguishing feature of our parable is what follows:

So those servants . . . gathered all . . . both good and bad. The bad are invited, not to remain bad, but in order that they might become good. No one can truly come without a determination to quit sinning.

They gathered all - By preaching every where.