Matthew 22
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1Jesus spoke to them using more illustrated stories. 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who organized a wedding celebration for his son,” Jesus explained. 3“He sent out his servants to everyone who was invited to the wedding to tell them to come, but they refused. 4So he sent out more servants, with the instructions, ‘Tell those who are invited that I've prepared the wedding banquet. The bulls and fattened calves have been killed—everything's ready. So come to the wedding!’
5But they ignored the invitation and left. One went to his fields; another to take care of his business. 6The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7The king became furious. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their town.
8Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited didn't deserve to attend. 9Go into the streets and invite everyone you find to come to the wedding.’ 10So the servants went out into the streets and brought back everyone they could find, both the good and the bad. The wedding hall was full.
11But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who didn't have a wedding robe on. 12He asked him, ‘My friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ The man had nothing to say. 13Then the king told his servants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and throw him out into the dark, where there'll be crying and grinding of teeth.’ 14For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
15Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said. 16They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters.
“Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status. 17So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”
18Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, “Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax.” They brought a denarius coin#22:19. A silver Roman coin used for paying the tax imposed by the Romans. to him. 20“Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?” he asked them.
21“Caesar's,” they replied.
“You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them. 22When they heard Jesus' answer they were stunned. They went away and left him.
23Later the same day some Sadducees came to see him. (They are the ones who say there's no resurrection.) 24They asked him, “Teacher, Moses said that if a married#22:24. Implied. man dies without having children, his brother should marry his widow and have children on behalf of his brother.#22:24. See Deuteronomy 25:5-6. 25Well, once there were seven brothers here with us. The first married, and died, and since he had no children he left his widow to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second and third husband, right up to the seventh. 27In the end the woman died too. 28So when the resurrection takes place, whose wife of the seven brothers will she be, for she married all of them?”
29Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do. 30For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven. 31As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He's not the God of the dead, but of the living.”#22:32. Quoting Exodus 3:6. 33When the crowds heard what he said, they were amazed at his teaching.
34When the Pharisees heard that he'd left the Sadducees speechless, they got together and went to ask some more questions. 35One of them, who was a legal expert, asked him a question to try to trap him: 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
37Jesus told them, “‘Love the Lord your God in all you think, in all you feel, and in all you do.’#22:37. Quoting Deuteronomy 6:5. 38This is the greatest commandment, the first commandment. 39The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’#22:39. Quoting Leviticus 19:18. 40All biblical law and the writings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
41While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them a question. 42“What do you think about the Messiah?” he asked. “Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43“But how can David under inspiration call him ‘Lord’?” Jesus asked them. “He says, 44‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit down at my right hand until I defeat all your enemies.’#22:44. Literally, “place all your enemies under your feet.” Quoting Psalms 110:1. 45If David called him Lord, how can he be his son?” 46Nobody could answer him, and from then on nobody dared to ask him any more questions.
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Matthew 22
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1And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying, 2The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son, 3and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come. 4Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast. 5But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce. 6And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them. 7And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy; 9go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast. 10And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests. 11And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment. 12And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless. 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 14For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking. 16And they send out 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 men's person; 17tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 18But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites? 19Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius. 20And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. 22And when they heard him, they wondered, and left him, and went away.
23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him, 24saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother. 25Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother. 26In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven. 27And last of all the woman also died. 28In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her? 29And Jesus answering said to them, Ye 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 of God in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living. 33And when the crowds heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.
34But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together. 35And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying, 36Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? 37And he said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
41And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them, 42saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's. 43He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, 44The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet? 45If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son? 46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.