Mattityahu (Mat) 22
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1Yeshua again used parables in speaking to them: 2“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son, 3but when he sent his slaves to summon the invited guests to the wedding, they refused to come. 4So he sent some more slaves, instructing them to tell the guests, ‘Look, I’ve prepared my banquet, I’ve slaughtered my bulls and my fattened cattle, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding!’ 5But they weren’t interested and went off, one to his farm, another to his business; 6and the rest grabbed his slaves, mistreated them and killed them. 7The king was furious and sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city.
8“Then he said to his slaves, ‘Well, the wedding feast is ready; but the ones who were invited didn’t deserve it. 9So go out to the street-corners and invite to the banquet as many as you find.’ 10The slaves went out into the streets, gathered all the people they could find, the bad along with the good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11“Now when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who wasn’t dressed for a wedding; so he asked him, 12‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless. 13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark!’ In that place people will wail and grind their teeth, 14for many are invited, but few are chosen.”
15Then the P’rushim went away and put together a plan to trap Yeshua with his own words. 16They sent him some of their talmidim and some members of Herod’s party. They said, “Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and really teach what God’s way is. You aren’t concerned with what other people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person’s status. 17So tell us your opinion: does Torah permit paying taxes to the Roman Emperor or not?” 18Yeshua, however, knowing their malicious intent, said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin used to pay the tax!” They brought him a denarius; 20and he asked them, “Whose name and picture are these?” 21“The Emperor’s,” they replied. Yeshua said to them, “Nu, give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. And give to God what belongs to God!” 22On hearing this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
23That same day, some Tz’dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh’eilah: 24“Rabbi, Moshe said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother must marry his widow and have children to preserve the man’s family line.’ 25There were seven brothers. The first one married and then died; and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second brother, and the third, and finally to all seven. 27After them all, the woman died. 28Now in the Resurrection — of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all married her.”
29Yeshua answered them, “The reason you go astray is that you are ignorant both of the Tanakh and of the power of God. 30For in the Resurrection, neither men nor women will marry; rather, they will be like angels in heaven. 31And as for whether the dead are resurrected, haven’t you read what God said to you, 32‘I am the God of Avraham, the God of Yitz’chak and the God of Ya‘akov’? He is God not of the dead but of the living!”
33When the crowds heard how he taught, they were astounded; 34but when the P’rushim learned that he had silenced the Tz’dukim, they got together, 35and one of them who was a Torah expert asked a sh’eilah to trap him: 36“Rabbi, which of the mitzvot in the Torah is the most important?” 37He told him, “‘You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.’ 38This is the greatest and most important mitzvah. 39And a second is similar to it, ‘You are to love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40All of the Torah and the Prophets are dependent on these two mitzvot.”
41Then, turning to the assembled P’rushim, Yeshua put a sh’eilah to them: 42“Tell me your view concerning the Messiah: whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.” 43“Then how is it,” he asked them, “that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord,’ when he says,
44‘Adonai said to my Lord,
“Sit here at my right hand
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
45If David thus calls him ‘Lord,’ how is he his son?” 46No one could think of anything to say in reply; and from that day on, no one dared put to him another sh’eilah.
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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, which 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 entreated 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 which 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 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, Master, 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 Caesar, or not? 18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 22And when they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.
23On that day there came to him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24saying, Master, 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, tempting him, 36Master, 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 neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hangeth the whole law, 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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