Misinterpretations often portray the verse as teaching arbitrary predestination where God irresistibly chooses a limited few without regard for human response, overlooking the parable's emphasis on rejected invitations due to excuses and improper attire symbolizing lack of faith; others wrongly infer elitism that discourages evangelism or universalism claiming all called are saved, ignoring the call to authentic transformation.
Matthew 22:14
King James Version (1769)
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
This verse concludes the Parable of the Wedding Feast, emphasizing that God's general call to salvation through the gospel invitation reaches many, but only a few are truly chosen because they respond with genuine faith, repentance, and righteous living, fitting themselves for the kingdom by accepting the King's terms rather than presuming upon grace.