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
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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.