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 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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