Matthew 22
1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables.
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 “The Kingdom of Heaven,” he said, “may be compared to a king who gave a banquet in honour of his son’s wedding.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the banquet, but they were unwilling to come.
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
4 A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited ‘I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.’
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5 They, however, took no notice, but went off, one to his farm, another to his business;
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;
6 while the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.
and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
7 The king, in anger, sent his troops, put those murderers to death, and set their city on fire.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants ‘The banquet is prepared, but those who were invited were not worthy.
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 So go to the cross-roads, and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’
Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
10 The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.
Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
11 But, when the king went in to see his guests, he noticed there a man who had not put on a wedding-robe.
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothing,
12 So he said to him ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?’ The man was speechless.
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the attendants ‘Tie him hand and foot, and ‘put him out into the darkness’ outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
14 For many are called, but few chosen.”
For many are called, but few chosen.”
15 Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a snare for Jesus in the course of conversation.
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
16 They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man’s position.
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach; for you are not partial to anyone.
17 Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?”
Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 Perceiving their malice, Jesus answered: “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin with which the tax is paid.” And, when they had brought him a florin,
Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.
20 he asked: “Whose head and title are these?”
He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
21 “The Emperor’s,” they answered: on which he said to them: “Then pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”
They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22 They wondered at his answer, and left him alone and went away.
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.
23 That same day some Sadducees came up to Jesus, maintaining that there is no resurrection. Their question was this: —
On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
24 “Teacher, Moses said — ‘should a man die without children, the man’s brother shall become the husband of the widow, and raise a family for his brother.’
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
25 Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
26 The same thing happened to the second and the third brothers, and indeed to all the seven.
In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
27 The woman herself died last of all.
After them all, the woman died.
28 At the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be out of the seven, all of them having had her?”
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”
29 “Your mistake,” replied Jesus, “is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven.
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
31 As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God —
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have not you read that which 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 dead men, but of 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 The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they collected together.
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
35 Then one of them, a Student of the Law, to test him, asked this question —
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
36 “Teacher, what is the great commandment in the Law?”
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
37 His answer was: “‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the great first commandment.
This is the first and great commandment.
39 The second, which is like it, is this — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost thyself.’
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
41 Before the Pharisees separated, Jesus put this question to them —
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” “David’s,” they said.
saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
43 “How is it, then,” Jesus replied, “that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him ‘lord,’ in the passage —
He said 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 thy enemies beneath thy feet”’?
‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’?
45 Since, then, David calls him ‘lord,’ how is he David’s son?”
“If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”
46 No one could say a word in answer; nor did any one after that day venture to question him further.
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
