Many are called，but few are chosen．

出处：按学科分类—哲学、宗教 复旦大学出版社《圣经典故辞典》第499页（1206字）

【释义】：

应召的多，选上的少；(喻)精选

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

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 when the king came in to sec the guests, he saw there a man which had not no a wedding garment:

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

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

For many arc called, but few are chosen.

Matt. 22:9-14

所以你们要往大路上去，凡遇到的，都召来赴席。

那些仆人就出去到大路上，凡遇见的，不论善恶都召聚了来，筵席上就坐满了客人。

王进来看见了宾客，见那里有一个没有穿礼服的。

就对他说，“朋友!你到这里来，怎么不穿礼服呢?”那人无言可答。

于是王对使唤的人说，“捆起他的手脚来，把他丢在外边的黑暗里；在那里必要哀哭切齿了。

因为被召的人多，选上的人少。”

《马太福音》22∶9－14］

。【条目出处】：《圣经·新约》