< Matthew 22 >

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
And Jesus answering, spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who prepared a marriage feast for his son.
The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;
3 He sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to come to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
and sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast; and they refused to come.
4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast.”'
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 marriage feast.
5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
But they were careless, and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.
6 The others seized the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
And the rest laid hold of his servants, and abused them, and killed them.
7 The king was angry, and he sent his soldiers and they killed those murderers and burned their city.
And when that king heard of it, he was angry, and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Then he said to his servants: The marriage feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore go to the highway crossings and invite as many people to the marriage feast as you can find.'
Go, therefore, to the cross-ways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.
10 The servants went out to the highways and gathered together all the people they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
And those servants went out into the roads, and brought together all, as many as they found, both bad and good: and the banquet-room was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-robe.
12 The king said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.
And he said to him, Friend, how came you in hither without a wedding-robe? And he was silent.
13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind this man hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and the grinding of teeth.'
Then the king said to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and throw him into the darkness without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many people are called, but few are chosen.”
For many are called, but few chosen.
15 Then the Pharisees went and planned how they might entrap Jesus in his own talk.
Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation, that they might entrap him in his words.
16 Then they sent to him their disciples, together with the Herodians. They said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach God's way in truth. You care for no one's opinion, and you do not show partiality between people.
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one: for you do not look upon the person of men.
17 So tell us, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Tell us, therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
18 But Jesus understood their wickedness and said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said to them: Why do you tempt me, hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin for the tax.” Then they brought a denarius to him.
Show me the tribute-money. And they brought him a denarius.
20 Jesus said to them, “Whose image and name are these?”
And he said to them: Whose image and superscription is this?
21 They said to him, “Caesar's.” Then Jesus said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
They said to him: Cæsar’s. Then he said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
22 When they heard it, they marveled. Then they left him and went away.
And when they heard it, they were astonished, and left him, and went away.
23 On that day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him,
On that day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they put a question to him,
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry his wife and have children for his brother.'
saying: Teacher, Moses commanded, If any one die without children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.
25 There were seven brothers. The first married and then died. Having left no children, he left his wife to his brother.
Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died; and, having no child, left his wife to his brother.
26 Then the second brother did the same thing, then the third, all the way to the seventh brother.
In like manner also the second, and the third, to the seventh.
27 After them all, the woman died.
Last of all, the woman also died.
28 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven brothers? For they all had married her.”
Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her.
29 But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Instead, they are like angels in heaven.
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying:
32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God 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 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.
When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together.
35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him—
And one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, that he might tempt him, saying:
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said to him, “'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
This is the first and great commandment.
39 And a second commandment is like it—'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40 On these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets.”
On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.
41 Now while the Pharisees were still gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.
While the Pharisees were together, Jesus asked them a question,
42 He said, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
saying: What think you of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him: The son of David.
43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
He said to them: How then does David in spirit call him 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, Sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
45 If David then calls the Christ 'Lord,' how is he David's son?”
If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?
46 No one was able to answer him a word, and no man dared ask him any more questions from that day on.
And no one was able to answer him a word; nor did any one, from that day, dare to ask him another question.

< Matthew 22 >