Matthew 22
1 And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:
And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son.
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.
And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
5 But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.
But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
6 Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.
And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
7 But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.
But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.
8 Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
9 Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
10 And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.
And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
11 Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.
But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck.
And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.
13 Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.
15 Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.
Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
16 And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
17 Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?”
Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?
19 Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius.
Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.
20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”
And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it?
21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”
They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
22 And hearing this, they wondered. And having left him behind, they went away.
And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.
23 In that day, the Sadducees, who say there is to be no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,
On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,
24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said: If anyone will have died, having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and he shall raise up offspring to his brother.
Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;
25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first, having taken a wife, died. And having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother:
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;
26 similarly with the second, and the third, even to the seventh.
In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.
27 And last of all, the woman also passed away.
And last of all the woman came to her end.
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.
29 But Jesus responded to them by saying: “You have gone astray by knowing neither the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage. Instead, they shall be like the Angels of God in heaven.
For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken by God, saying to you:
But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
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.”
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
33 And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine.
And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.
34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.
But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:
And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Master, which is the chief rule in the law?
37 Jesus said to him: “‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
This is the first and greatest rule.
39 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”
On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
41 Then, when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,
Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,
42 saying: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
What is your opinion of the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The Son of David.
43 He said to them: “Then how can David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:
He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?’
The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?
45 So then, if David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”
If David then gives him the name of Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no one was able to respond to him a word. And neither did anyone dare, from that day forward, to question him.
And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.
