Matthew 22
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Invitation to the Wedding Feast
1Yeshua answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who made a wedding feast for his son.
3He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.
4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who were invited, “Look, I’ve prepared my meal. My oxen and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5“But paying no attention, they went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
6And the rest grabbed his servants, humiliated them, and killed them.
7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city.
8“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’
10And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.
11“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes.
12‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.
13Then the king said to his servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
A Trap about Paying Taxes
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him with a word.
16And they sent to Him some of their disciples, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are honest and teach the way of God in truth. And what others think doesn’t concern You, for You do not look at men’s appearance.
17Tell us therefore, what do You think? Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18But Yeshua, knowing their wickedness, said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
19Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.
20And He said to them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21“Caesar’s,” they said to Him. Then He said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22And hearing this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
Religious Leaders Ask a Tricky Question
23On that day, Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Yeshua and questioned Him, saying,
24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his widow and father children for his brother.’
25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died; and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
26In the same way also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
27Last of all, the woman died.
28So in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
29But answering, Yeshua said to them, “You’ve gone astray, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!”
33When the crowds heard this, they were astounded at His teaching.
The Greatest Mitzvot
34But the Pharisees, when they heard that Yeshua had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in one place.
35And testing Him, one of them, a lawyer, asked,
36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Torah?”
37And He said to him, “‘You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38This is the first and greatest commandment.
39And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Yeshua Overturns the Arguments
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Yeshua asked them a question,
42saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” “David’s,” they say to Him.
43“Then how is it,” He says to them, “that David by the Ruach calls him ‘Lord’?
44For he says, ‘Adonai said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
45If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”
46No one was able to answer Him a word. Nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any longer.
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Matthew 22
22
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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