| 1 | And again Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying, |
| 2 | The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son |
| 3 | And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come. |
| 4 | Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast. |
| 5 | But they were not concerned
and
paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away—one to his farm, another to his business, |
| 6 | While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death. |
| 7 | [Hearing this] the king was infuriated; and he sent his soldiers and put those murderers to death and burned their city. |
| 8 | Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy. |
| 9 | So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. |
| 10 | And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests. |
| 11 | But when the king came in to view the guests, he looked intently at a man there who had on no wedding garment. |
| 12 | And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (
[a]muzzled, gagged). |
| 13 | Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. |
| 14 | For many are called (invited and summoned), but few
are
chosen. |
| 15 | Then the Pharisees went and consulted
and
plotted together how they might entangle Jesus in His talk. |
| 16 | And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are
[b]sincere
and
what You profess to be and that You teach the way of God truthfully, regardless of consequences
and
being afraid of no man; for You are impartial
and
do not regard either the person
or
the position of anyone. |
| 17 | Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not? |
| 18 | But Jesus, aware of their malicious plot, asked, Why do you put Me to the test
and
try to entrap Me, you pretenders (hypocrites)? |
| 19 | Show me the money
used
for the tribute. And they brought Him a denarius. |
| 20 | And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and title are these? |
| 21 | They said, Caesar’s. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God. |
| 22 | When they heard it they were amazed
and
marveled; and they left Him and departed. |
| 23 | The same day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and they asked Him a question, |
| 24 | Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother. |
| 25 | Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. |
| 26 | The second also died childless, and the third, down to the seventh. |
| 27 | Last of all, the woman died also. |
| 28 | Now, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her. |
| 29 | But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God’s power. |
| 30 | For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. |
| 31 | But as to the resurrection of the dead—have you never read what was said to you by God, |
| 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 | And when the throng heard it, they were astonished
and
filled with [
[c]glad] amazement at His teaching. |
| 34 | Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (
[d]muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together. |
| 35 | And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him. |
| 36 | Teacher, which
[e]kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light—which are heavy?] |
| 37 | And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). |
| 38 | This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. |
| 39 | And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. |
| 40 | These two commandments
[f]sum up
and
upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets. |
| 41 | Now while the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus asked them a question, |
| 42 | Saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. |
| 43 | He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying, |
| 44 | The Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet? |
| 45 | If then David thus calls Him Lord, how is He his Son? |
| 46 | And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day did anyone venture
or
dare to question Him. |
Cross references:
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Matthew 22:24 : Deut. 25:5.
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Matthew 22:32 : Exod. 3:6.
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Matthew 22:37 : Deut. 6:5.
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Matthew 22:39 : Lev. 19:18.
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Matthew 22:44 : Ps. 110:1.
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