Matthew 22
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables: 2“The kingdom of heaven#Lk 14:16–24 is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.#Mt 13:24; Lk 12:36; Jn 2:2; Rv 19:7 3He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet,#Est 6:14; Pr 9:3,5 but they didn’t want to come. 4Again, he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’#Pr 9:2; Mt 21:36
5 “But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business, 6while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7The king#22:7 Other mss read But when the (that) king heard about it he was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.
8 “Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. #
Mt 10:11; Ac 13:46 9Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’#Ezk 21:21; Ob 14 10So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.#22:10 Lit those reclining (to eat) 11When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.#Rv 19:8; 22:14 12So he said to him, ‘Friend,#Mt 20:13; 26:50 how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, # 22:13 Other mss add take him away and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” #
Mt 20:16; Rv 17:14
God and Caesar
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him by what he said.#22:15 Lit trap him in a word#Mk 12:13–17; Lk 20:20–26 16So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians.#Mk 2:8; 3:6; 8:15 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don’t care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.#22:16 Lit don’t look on the face of men#Jn 3:2; Ac 10:34; 13:10; 18:26 17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar#Mk 12:14,16–17; Lk 2:1; 3:1; 20:22,24–25; Jn 19:12,15 or not?”
18Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites? 19Show me the coin used for the tax.” They brought him a denarius.#22:19 A denarius = one day’s wage 20“Whose image and inscription is this?” he asked them.
21“Caesar’s,” they said to him.
Then he said to them, “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”#Mt 17:25; Rm 13:7 22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
23That same day some Sadducees,#Mk 12:18–27; Lk 20:27–38 who say there is no resurrection, came up to him and questioned him:#Mt 3:7; Ac 4:1; 23:8 24“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.#22:24 Dt 25:5#Dt 25:5 25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second also, and the third, and so on to all seven. 27Last of all, the woman died. 28In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”#22:28 Lit all had her
29Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like#22:30 Other mss add God’s angels in heaven.#Mt 24:38; Lk 17:27 31Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: 32I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?#22:32 Ex 3:6,15–16#Ex 3:6; Ac 7:32 He#22:32 Other mss read God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
The Primary Commands
34When#Mk 12:28–33; Lk 10:25–28 the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him:#Lk 7:30; 10:25; 11:45; 14:3 36“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”
37He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.#22:37 Dt 6:5#Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27 38This is the greatest and most important#22:38 Lit and first command. 39The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.#22:39 Lv 19:18#Lv 19:18; Mt 19:19 40All the Law and the Prophets depend#22:40 Or hang on these two commands.”#Mt 7:12; Rm 13:8–10; Gl 5:14
The Question about the Messiah
41While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,#Mk 12:35–37; Lk 20:41–44 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They replied, “David’s.”
43He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit,#22:43 Lit David in Spirit calls him ‘Lord’:#2Sm 23:2; Rv 1:10; 4:2
44 The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies under your feet’? # 22:44 Other mss read until I make your enemies your footstool’ # 22:44 Ps 110:1 #
Ps 110:1; Ac 2:34–35; 1Co 15:25; Heb 1:13; 10:13
45 “If David calls him ‘Lord,’ how, then, can he be his son?” 46No one was able to answer him at all,#22:46 Lit answer him a word and from that day no one dared to question him anymore.#Mk 12:34; Lk 14:6; 20:40
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Matthew 22
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The great banquet
(Luke 14.15-24)
1Once again Jesus used stories to teach the people:
2The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a king gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3The king sent some servants to tell the invited guests to come to the banquet, but the guests refused. 4He sent other servants to say to the guests, “The banquet is ready! My cattle and prize calves have all been prepared. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet!”
5But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business. 6Others grabbed the servants, then beat them up and killed them.
7This made the king so furious that he sent an army to kill those murderers and burn down their city. 8Then he said to the servants, “It is time for the wedding banquet, and the invited guests don't deserve to come. 9Go out to the street corners and tell everyone you meet to come to the banquet.” 10They went out into the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.
11When the king went in to meet the guests, he found that one of them wasn't wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding. 12The king asked, “Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?” But the guest had no excuse. 13So the king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.#Mt 8.12; 25.30; Lk 13.28. 14Many are invited, but only a few are chosen.
Paying taxes
(Mark 12.13-17; Luke 20.20-26)
15The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong. 16They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers#22.16 Herod's followers: People who were political followers of the family of Herod the Great (see 2.1) and his son Herod Antipas (see 14.1), and who wanted Herod to be king in Jerusalem. to say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. 17Tell us what you think! Should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
18Jesus knew their evil thoughts and said, “Why are you trying to test me? You show-offs! 19Let me see one of the coins used for paying taxes.” They brought him a silver coin, 20and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
21“The Emperor's,” they answered.
Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” 22His answer surprised them so much that they walked away.
Life in the future world
(Mark 12.18-27; Luke 20.27-40)
23The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So that same day some of the Sadducees came to Jesus and said:#Ac 23.8.
24Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.#Dt 25.5.
25Once there were seven brothers who lived here. The first one married, but died without having any children. So his wife was left to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second and third brothers and finally to all seven of them. 27At last the woman died. 28When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? She had been married to all seven brothers.
29Jesus answered:
You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God. 30When God raises people to life, they won't marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. 31And as for people being raised to life, God was speaking to you when he said, 32“I am the God worshipped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”#22.32 I am the God worshipped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Jesus argues that if God is worshipped by these three, they must still be alive, because he is the God of the living. He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.#Ex 3.6.
33The crowds were surprised to hear what Jesus was teaching.
The most important commandment
(Mark 12.28-34; Luke 10.25-28)
34After Jesus had made the Sadducees look foolish, the Pharisees heard about it and got together. 35One of them was an expert in the Jewish Law. So he tried to test Jesus by asking,#Lk 10.25-28. 36“Teacher, what is the most important commandment in the Law?”
37Jesus answered:#Dt 6.5.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. 38This is the first and most important commandment. 39The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, “Love others as much as you love yourself.”#Lv 19.18. 40All the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets#22.40 the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets: The Jewish Scriptures, that is, the Old Testament. are based on these two commandments.
About David's son
(Mark 12.35-37; Luke 20.41-44)
41While the Pharisees were still there, Jesus asked them, 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?”
They answered, “He will be a son of King David.”#22.42 son of King David: See the note at 9.27.
43Jesus replied, “How then could the Spirit lead David to call the Messiah his Lord? David said,
44‘The Lord said to my Lord:#Ps 110.1.
Sit at my right side#22.44 right side: The place of power and honour.
until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
45If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah be a son of King David?” 46No one was able to give Jesus an answer, and from that day on, no one dared ask him any more questions.
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