Matthew 22
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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
1And Jesus answered #Luke 14:16; (Rev. 19:7–9)and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; #Prov. 9:2my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. 7But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out #(Dan. 9:26)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not #Matt. 10:11worthy. 9Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10So those servants went out into the highways and #Matt. 13:38, 47, 48; (Acts 28:28)gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there #(2 Cor. 5:3; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10, 12; Rev. 3:4; 16:15; 19:8)who did not have on a wedding garment. 12So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was #(Rom. 3:19)speechless. 13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him #Matt. 8:12; 25:30; Luke 13:28into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14#Matt. 20:16“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?
15#Mark 12:13–17; Luke 20:20–26Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16And they sent to Him their disciples with the #Mark 3:6; 8:15; 12:13Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men. 17Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
20And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And He said to them, #Matt. 17:25“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are #(Rom. 13:1–7; 1 Pet. 2:13–15)Caesar’s, and to God the things that are #(1 Cor. 3:23; 6:19, 20; 12:27)God’s.” 22When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?
23#Mark 12:18–27; Luke 20:27–40The same day the Sadducees, #Acts 23:8who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24saying: “Teacher, #Deut. 25:5Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 27Last of all the woman died also. 28Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, #John 20:9not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but #(1 John 3:2)are like angels of God in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32#Gen. 17:7; 26:24; 28:21; Ex. 3:6, 15; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32; (Heb. 11:16)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33And when the multitudes heard this, #Matt. 7:28they were astonished at His teaching.
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?
34#Mark 12:28–31; Luke 10:25–37But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35Then one of them, #Luke 7:30; 10:25; 11:45, 46, 52; 14:3; Titus 3:13a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37Jesus said to him, #Deut. 6:5; 10:12; 30:6“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like it: #Lev. 19:18; Matt. 19:19; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; (Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40#(Matt. 7:12; Rom. 13:10; 1 Tim. 1:5)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?
41#Mark 12:35–37; Luke 20:41–44While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The #Matt. 1:1; 21:9Son of David.”
43He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44‘The#Ps. 110:1; (Matt. 26:64); Mark 16:19; Acts 2:34; 1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 1:13; 10:13 Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46#Luke 14:6And no one was able to answer Him a word, #Mark 12:34; Luke 20:40nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
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Matthew 22
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1And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, 2The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son, 3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come. 4Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast. 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; 6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. 7But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy. 9Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. 10And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. 11But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment: 12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 14For many are called, but few chosen.
15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk. 16And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? 18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites? 19Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a denarius. 20And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s. 22And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.
23On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27And after them all, the woman died. 28In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven. 31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
34But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him: 36Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? 37And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 43He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
44The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?
45If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son? 46And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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