Matthew 22
1 Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, and said,
And Jhesus answeride, and spak eftsoone in parablis to hem,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage-feast for his son,
and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk to a kyng that made weddyngis to his sone.
3 and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.
And he sente hise seruauntis for to clepe men that weren bode to the weddyngis, and thei wolden not come.
4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the feast.
Eftsoone he sente othere seruauntis, and seide, Seie ye to the men that ben bode to the feeste, Lo! Y haue maad redi my meete, my bolis and my volatilis ben slayn, and alle thingis ben redy; come ye to the weddyngis.
5 But they made light of it, and went away; one to his farm, another to his merchandise.
But thei dispisiden, and wenten forth, oon in to his toun, anothir to his marchaundise.
6 And the rest seized his servants, and ill-treated and slew them.
But othere helden his seruauntis, and turmentiden hem, and slowen.
7 And the king was enraged; and sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
But the kyng, whanne he hadde herd, was wroth; and he sente hise oostis, and he distruyede tho manquelleris, and brente her citee.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Thanne he seide to hise seruauntis, The weddyngis ben redi, but thei that weren clepid to the feeste, weren not worthi.
9 Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, invite to the feast.
Therfor go ye to the endis of weies, and whom euere ye fynden, clepe ye to the weddyngis.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the bride-chamber was fully furnished with guests.
And hise seruauntis yeden out in to weies, and gadriden togider alle that thei founden, good and yuele; and the bridale was fulfillid with men sittynge at the mete.
11 And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment;
And the kyng entride, to se men sittynge at the mete; and he siye there a man not clothid with bride cloth.
12 and he saith to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a wedding garment? And he was struck dumb.
And he seide to hym, Freend, hou entridist thou hidir with out bride clothis? And he was doumbe.
13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Thanne the kyng bad hise mynystris, Bynde hym bothe hondis and feet, and sende ye him in to vtmer derknessis; there schal be wepyng and grentyng of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.
15 Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how l they might ensnare him in speech.
Thanne Farisees yeden awei, and token a counsel to take Jhesu in word.
16 And 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 thou carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men.
And thei senden to hym her disciplis, with Erodians, and seien, Maister, we witen, that thou art sothefast, and thou techist in treuthe the weie of God, and thou chargist not of ony man, for thou biholdist not the persoone of men.
17 Tell us, therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
Therfor seie to vs, what it seemeth to thee. Is it leueful that tribute be youun to the emperoure, ether nay?
18 But Jesus, perceiving their wickedness, said, Why are ye trying me, hypocrites?
And whanne Jhesus hadde knowe the wickidnesse of hem, he seide, Ypocritis, what tempten ye me?
19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denary.
Schewe ye to me the prynte of the money. And thei brouyten to hym a peny.
20 And Jesus saith to them, Whose is this image and inscription?
And Jhesus seide to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the writyng aboue?
21 They say, Caesar's. Then saith he to them, Render then to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
Thei seien to hym, The emperouris. Thanne he seide to hem, Therfor yelde ye to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperouris, and to God tho thingis that ben of God.
22 And hearing this, they wondered, and left him, and went away.
And thei herden, and wondriden; and thei leften hym, and wenten awey.
23 The same day there came to him Sadducees, saying that there is no resurrection; and they asked him,
In that dai Saduceis, that seien there is no risyng ayen to lijf, camen to hym, and axiden him,
24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, “If a man die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.”
and seiden, Mayster, Moises seide, if ony man is deed, not hauynge a sone, that his brother wedde his wijf, and reise seed to his brothir.
25 Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died; and, having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
And seuen britheren weren at vs; and the firste weddide a wijf, and is deed. And he hadde no seed, and lefte his wijf to his brother;
26 And so also the second, and the third, even to the seventh.
also the secounde, and the thridde, til to the seuenthe.
27 And last of all the woman died.
But the laste of alle, the woman is deed.
28 In the resurrection, then, of which of the seven will she be the wife? For they all had her.
Also in the risyng ayen to lijf, whos wijf of the seuene schal sche be? for alle hadden hir.
29 Jesus answered and said to them, Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Ye erren, `and ye knowen not scripturis, ne the vertu of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
For in the rysyng ayen to lijf, nether thei schulen wedde, nethir schulen be weddid; but thei ben as the aungels of God in heuene.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
And of the risyng ayen of deed men, `han ye not red, that is seid of the Lord, that seith to you,
32 “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? He is not a God of the dead, but of the living.
Y am God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob? he is not God of deede men, but of lyuynge men.
33 And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
And the puple herynge, wondriden in his techynge.
34 And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, assembled together;
And Fariseis herden that he hadde put silence to Saduceis, and camen togidere.
35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked, trying him,
And oon of hem, a techere of the lawe, axide Jhesu, and temptide him,
36 Teacher, which commandment is great in the Law?
Maistir, which is a greet maundement in the lawe?
37 And he said to him, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
Jhesus seide to him, Thou schalt loue thi Lord God, of al thin herte, and in al thi soule, and in al thi mynde.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
This is the firste and the moste maundement.
39 There is a second like it: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
And the secounde is lijk to this; Thou schalt loue thi neiyebore as thi silf.
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
In these twey maundementis hangith al the lawe and the profetis.
41 And while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them,
And whanne the Farisees weren gederid togidere, Jhesus axide hem,
42 saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.
and seide, What semeth to you of Crist, whos sone is he? Thei seien to hym, Of Dauid.
43 He saith to them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord? saying,
He seith to hem, Hou thanne Dauid in spirit clepith hym Lord,
44 “The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I put thine enemies under thy feet.”
and seith, The Lord seide to my Lord, Sitte on my riythalf, til Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet?
45 If David then calleth him lord, how is he his son?
Thanne if Dauid clepith hym Lord, hou is he his sone?
46 And no one was able to answer him a word; nor durst any one from that day question him any more.
And no man miyte answere a word to hym, nethir ony man was hardi fro that day, to axe hym more.
