| Matthew 22 | ||
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| Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, | |
| "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. | |
| "And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. | |
| "Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are {all} butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.'" | |
| "But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, | |
| and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. | |
| "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. | |
| "Then he *said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. | |
| 'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find {there,} invite to the wedding feast.' | |
| "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. | |
| "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, | |
| and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. | |
| "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' | |
| "For many are called, but few {are} chosen." | |
| Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. | |
| And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. | |
| "Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" | |
| But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? | |
| "Show Me the coin {used} for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a denarius. | |
| And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" | |
| They *said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He *said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's." | |
| And hearing {this,} they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away. | |
| On that day {some} Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, | |
| asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.' | |
| "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; | |
| so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. | |
| "Last of all, the woman died. | |
| "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had {married} her." | |
| But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. | |
| "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. | |
| "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: | |
| 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." | |
| When the crowds heard {this,} they were astonished at His teaching. | |
| But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. | |
| One of them, a lawyer, asked Him {a question,} testing Him, | |
| "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" | |
| And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' | |
| "This is the great and foremost commandment. | |
| "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' | |
| "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." | |
| Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: | |
| "What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?" They *said to Him, "{The son} of David." | |
| He *said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying, | |
| 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET'"? | |
| "If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son?" | |
| No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. |
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