Matthew 22
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CHAPTER 22
1And Jesus answered, and spake again in parables to them, and said,
2The kingdom of heavens is made like to a king that made weddings to his son.
3And he sent his servants to call men that were bidden to the weddings, and they would not come.
4Again he sent other servants, and said, Say to the men that be bidden to the feast, Lo! I have made ready my meat, my bulls and my volatiles, [or my fat beasts], be slain, and all things be ready; come ye to the weddings.
5But they despised, [or reckoned not], and went forth, one into his town [or vineyard], another to his merchandise.
6But others held his servants, and tormented them, and slew [them].
7But the king, when he had heard, was wroth; and he sent his hosts, and destroyed those man-quellers, and burnt their city.
8Then he said to his servants, The weddings be ready, but they that were called to the feast, were not worthy.
9Therefore go ye into the ends of ways, and whomever ye find, call ye to the weddings.
10And his servants went out into the ways, and gathered together all that they found, good and evil; and the bridal was [or the weddings be] full-filled with men sitting at the meat.
11And the king entered, to see men sitting at the meat; and he saw there a man not clothed with bride [or bridal] clothes.
12And he said to him, Friend, how enteredest thou hither without bride clothes? And he was dumb.
13Then the king bade [or said to] his ministers, Bind him both hands and feet, and send ye him into outer-more [or uttermore] darknesses; there shall be weeping, and grinding of teeth.
14For many be called, but few be chosen.
15Then Pharisees went away, and took a counsel [or took counsel] to take Jesus in word.
16And they send to him their disciples, with Herodians, and said, Master, we know, that thou art soothfast, and thou teachest in truth the way of God, and thou chargest not [or there is no care to thee] of any man, for thou beholdest not the person of men.
17Therefore say to us, what seemeth to thee. Is it leaveful that tribute be given to the emperor [or Caesar], either [or] nay?
18And when Jesus had known the wickedness of them, he said, Hypocrites, what tempt ye me?
19Show ye to me the print of the money. And they brought to him a penny.
20And Jesus said to them, Whose is this image, and the writing above?
21They say to him, The emperor’s [or Of Caesar]. Then he said to them, Therefore yield ye to the emperor [or Caesar] those things that be the emperor’s [or Caesar’s], and to God those things that be of God.
22And they heard, and wondered; and they left him, and went away.
23In that day Sadducees, that say there is no rising again to life, came to him, and asked him,
24and said, Master, Moses said, if any man is dead, not having a son, that his brother wed his wife, and raise seed to his brother.
25And there were seven brethren to us; and the first wedded a wife, and is dead. And he had no seed, and left his wife to his brother;
26also the second, and the third, till to the seventh.
27But the last of all, [also] the woman is dead.
28Also [or Therefore] in the rising again to life, whose wife of the seven shall she be? for all had her.
29Jesus answered, and said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the virtue of God.
30For in the rising again to life, neither they shall wed, neither shall be wedded; but they be as the angels of God in heaven.
31And of the rising again of dead men, have ye not read, that [it] is said of the Lord, that saith to you,
32I am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob? he is not God of dead men, but of living men.
33And the people hearing, wondered on his teaching.
34And the Pharisees heard that he had put silence to Sadducees, and came together.
35And one of them, a teacher of the law, asked Jesus, and tempted him,
36Master, which is a great command-ment in the law?
37Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love thy Lord God [or the Lord thy God], of all thine heart, and in all thy soul, and in all thy mind.
38This is the first and the most commandment.
39And the second is like to this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40In these two commandments hangeth all the law and the prophets.
41And when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42and said, What seemeth to you of Christ, whose son is he? They say to him, Of David.
43He saith to them, How then David in spirit calleth him Lord, and saith,
44The Lord said to my Lord, Sit [thou] on my right half, till I put thine enemies a stool of thy feet?
45Then if David calleth him Lord, how is he his son?
46And no man might answer a word to him, neither any man was hardy from that day, to ask him more.
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Matthew 22
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax#22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens to Caesar or not?”
18But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21“Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
Marriage at the Resurrection
23That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27Finally, the woman died. 28Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 31But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’#22:32 Exodus 3:6? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
The Greatest Commandment
34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’#22:37 Deut. 6:5 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’#22:39 Lev. 19:18 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.” ’ # 22:44
Psalm 110:1
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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