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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The Wedding Garment
1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 6and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see 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 said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14For many are called, but few are chosen.
Tribute to Cæsar
15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: 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 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, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 22When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Silencing the Sadducees
23The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and 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, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: 26likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27And last of all the woman died also. 28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29Jesus 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 the angels of God 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 multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
Reproving the Pharisees
34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus 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 first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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