Parable of the Marriage Feast
1 Matthew 22:1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
3 Matthew 22:3 “And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
4 Matthew 22:4 “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.”’
5 Matthew 22:5 “But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
6 Matthew 22:6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
7 Matthew 22:7 “But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
8 Matthew 22:8 “Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Matthew 22:9 ‘Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’
10 Matthew 22:10 “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.
11 Matthew 22:11 “But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
12 Matthew 22:12 and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.
13 Matthew 22:13 “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.’
14 Matthew 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Tribute to Caesar
15 Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.
16 Matthew 22:16 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.
17 Matthew 22:17 “Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
18 Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
19 Matthew 22:19 “Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
20 Matthew 22:20 And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
21 Matthew 22:21 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.”
22 Matthew 22:22 And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.
Jesus Answers the Sadducees
23 Matthew 22:23 On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,
24 Matthew 22:24 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.’
25 Matthew 22:25 “Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;
26 Matthew 22:26 so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
27 Matthew 22:27 “Last of all, the woman died.
28 Matthew 22:28 “In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
29 Matthew 22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.
30 Matthew 22:30 “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31 Matthew 22:31 “But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
32 Matthew 22:32 ‘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.”
33 Matthew 22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
34 Matthew 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.
35 Matthew 22:35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,
36 Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
37 Matthew 22:37 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.’
38 Matthew 22:38 “This is the great and foremost commandment.
39 Matthew 22:39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
40 Matthew 22:40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
41 Matthew 22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:
42 Matthew 22:42 “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”
43 Matthew 22:43 He *said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,
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45 Matthew 22:45 “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”
46 Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.