Matthew 22
1 Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables saying:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
“The kingdom of the heavens is like a certain king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
And he sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, but they did not want to come.
4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Again he sent out other servants saying: ‘Say to those who have been invited: “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
Now the indifferent ones just took off—one to his own field, another to his business.
6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
But the rest, seizing his servants mistreated and killed them!
7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
So when that king heard about it he was furious; and sending his troops he destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
“Then he says to his servants: ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
So go on the roads leading out of town, and as many as you may find invite to the wedding feast.’
10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
And going out on the roads those servants gathered together everyone they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had not been clothed with a wedding garment.
12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
So he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, take him away and throw him out into the darkness farthest away.’ There there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
For many are called, but few chosen.”
15 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him in some word.
16 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
So they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth; and you are not impressed by anyone, for you do not look at people's faces.
17 So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
So tell us, what do you think: is it lawful to pay tax to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
But perceiving their malignancy Jesus said: “Hypocrites! Why do you test me?
19 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
Show me the tax coin.” So they brought Him a denarius.
20 “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
And He says to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
They say to Him, “Caesar's.” Then He says to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's!”
22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
And hearing it they marveled, and leaving Him they went away.
23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him
24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if someone dies having no children his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring he left his widow to his brother.
26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
So also the second, and the third, up to the seventh.
27 And last of all, the woman died.
Last of all, the woman died too.
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife, of the seven, will she be? For they all had her.”
29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
So in answer Jesus said to them: “You are deceived, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God!
30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God saying,
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not God of dead people but of living.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
Now as the crowds heard Him they were astonished at His teaching.
34 And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they got together.
35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
And one of them, a lawyer, testing Him, questioned and said,
36 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
So Jesus said to him: “‘You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
And the second is like it, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets.”
41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them
42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
saying, “What do you think about the Christ; whose Son is He?” They say to Him, “David's.”
43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
He says to them: “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet”’?
45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
Really now, if David calls Him ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”
46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him anymore.
