Matthew 22
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables: 2“The kingdom of heaven # Lk 14:16-24 may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. # Mt 13:24; Lk 12:36; Jn 2:2; Rv 19:7 3He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, # Est 6:14; Pr 9:3,5 but they didn’t want to come. 4Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ # Pr 9:2; Mt 21:36
5“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them. 7The king # Other mss read But when the (that) king heard about it he was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.
8“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. # Mt 10:11; Ac 13:46 9Therefore go to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’ # Ezk 21:21; Ob 14 10So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. # Lit those reclining (to eat) 11But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding. # Rv 19:8; 22:14 12So he said to him, ‘Friend, # Mt 20:13; 26:50 how did you get in here without wedding clothes? ’ The man was speechless.
13“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, # Other mss add take him away and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14“For many are invited, but few are chosen.” # Mt 20:16; Rv 17:14
God and Caesar
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him by what He said. # Lit trap Him in a word # Mk 12:13-17; Lk 20:20-26 16They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. # Mk 2:8; 3:6; 8:15 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality. # Lit don’t look on the face of men ; that is, on the outward appearance # Jn 3:2; Ac 10:34; 13:10; 18:26 17Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar # Mk 12:14,16-17; Lk 2:1; 3:1; 20:22,24-25; Jn 19:12,15 or not? ”
18But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites? 19Show Me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought Him a denarius. 20“Whose image and inscription is this? ” He asked them.
21“Caesar’s,” they said to Him.
Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” # Mt 17:25; Rm 13:7 22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
23The same day some Sadducees, # Mk 12:18-27; Lk 20:27-38 who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him: # Mt 3:7; Ac 4:1; 23:8 24“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. # Dt 25:5 # Dt 25:5 25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. 26The same happened to the second also, and the third, and so to all seven. # Lit so until the seven 27Then last of all the woman died. 28In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.” # Lit all had her
29Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like # Other mss add God’s angels in heaven. # Mt 24:38; Lk 17:27 31Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: 32I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? # Ex 3:6; Ac 7:32 # Ex 3:6,15-16 He # Other mss read God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
The Primary Commands
34When # Mk 12:28-33; Lk 10:25-28 the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him: # Lk 7:30; 10:25; 11:45; 14:3 36“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest? ” # Lit is great
37He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. # Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27 # Dt 6:5 38This is the greatest and most important # Lit and first command. 39The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. # Lv 19:18; Mt 19:19 # Lv 19:18 40All the Law and the Prophets depend # Or hang on these two commands.” # Mt 7:12; Rm 13:8-10; Gl 5:14
The Question about the Messiah
41While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them, # Mk 12:35-37; Lk 20:41-44 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He? ”
“David’s,” they told Him.
43He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, # Lit David in Spirit calls Him ‘Lord’ # 2Sm 23:2; Rv 1:10; 4:2:
44The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand
until I put Your enemies under Your feet’? # Other mss read until I make Your enemies Your footstool # Ps 110:1; Ac 2:34-35; 1Co 15:25; Heb 1:13; 10:13 # Ps 110:1
45“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son? ” 46No one was able to answer Him at all, # Lit answer Him a word and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore. # Mk 12:34; Lk 14:6; 20:40
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Matthew 22
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1 AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son
3 And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come.
4 Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast.
5 But they were not concerned and paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away–one to his farm, another to his business,
6 While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death.
7 [Hearing this] the king was infuriated; and he sent his soldiers and put those murderers to death and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy.
9 So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.
10 And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to view the guests, he looked intently at a man there who had on no wedding garment.
12 And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged).
13 Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
14 For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen.
15 Then the Pharisees went and consulted and plotted together how they might entangle Jesus in His talk.
16 And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are sincere and what You profess to be and that You teach the way of God truthfully, regardless of consequences and being afraid of no man; for You are impartial and do not regard either the person or the position of anyone.
17 Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not?
18 But Jesus, aware of their malicious plot, asked, Why do you put Me to the test and try to entrap Me, you pretenders (hypocrites)?
19 Show me the money used for the tribute. And they brought Him a denarius.
20 And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and title are these?
21 They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God.
22 When they heard it they were amazed and marveled; and they left Him and departed.
23 The same day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and they asked Him a question,
24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother. [Deut. 25:5.]
25 Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and, having no children, left his wife to his brother.
26 The second also died childless, and the third, down to the seventh.
27 Last of all, the woman died also.
28 Now, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her.
29 But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God's power.
30 For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven.
31 But as to the resurrection of the dead–have you never read what was said to you by God,
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! [Exod. 3:6.]
33 And when the throng heard it, they were astonished and filled with [glad] amazement at His teaching.
34 Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together.
35 And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him.
36 Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light–which are heavy?]
37 And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). [Deut. 6:5.]
38 This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18.]
40 These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets.
41 Now while the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus asked them a question,
42 Saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David.
43 He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet? [Ps. 110:1.]
45 If then David thus calls Him Lord, how is He his Son?
46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day did anyone venture or dare to question Him.
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