Matthew 22
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1Jesus spoke to them using more illustrated stories. 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who organized a wedding celebration for his son,” Jesus explained. 3“He sent out his servants to everyone who was invited to the wedding to tell them to come, but they refused. 4So he sent out more servants, with the instructions, ‘Tell those who are invited that I've prepared the wedding banquet. The bulls and fattened calves have been killed—everything's ready. So come to the wedding!’
5But they ignored the invitation and left. One went to his fields; another to take care of his business. 6The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them. 7The king became furious. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their town.
8Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited didn't deserve to attend. 9Go into the streets and invite everyone you find to come to the wedding.’ 10So the servants went out into the streets and brought back everyone they could find, both the good and the bad. The wedding hall was full.
11But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who didn't have a wedding robe on. 12He asked him, ‘My friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ The man had nothing to say. 13Then the king told his servants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and throw him out into the dark, where there'll be crying and grinding of teeth.’ 14For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
15Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said. 16They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters.
“Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status. 17So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”
18Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, “Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax.” They brought a denarius coin#22:19. A silver Roman coin used for paying the tax imposed by the Romans. to him. 20“Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?” he asked them.
21“Caesar's,” they replied.
“You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them. 22When they heard Jesus' answer they were stunned. They went away and left him.
23Later the same day some Sadducees came to see him. (They are the ones who say there's no resurrection.) 24They asked him, “Teacher, Moses said that if a married#22:24. Implied. man dies without having children, his brother should marry his widow and have children on behalf of his brother.#22:24. See Deuteronomy 25:5-6. 25Well, once there were seven brothers here with us. The first married, and died, and since he had no children he left his widow to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second and third husband, right up to the seventh. 27In the end the woman died too. 28So when the resurrection takes place, whose wife of the seven brothers will she be, for she married all of them?”
29Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do. 30For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven. 31As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He's not the God of the dead, but of the living.”#22:32. Quoting Exodus 3:6. 33When the crowds heard what he said, they were amazed at his teaching.
34When the Pharisees heard that he'd left the Sadducees speechless, they got together and went to ask some more questions. 35One of them, who was a legal expert, asked him a question to try to trap him: 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
37Jesus told them, “‘Love the Lord your God in all you think, in all you feel, and in all you do.’#22:37. Quoting Deuteronomy 6:5. 38This is the greatest commandment, the first commandment. 39The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’#22:39. Quoting Leviticus 19:18. 40All biblical law and the writings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
41While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them a question. 42“What do you think about the Messiah?” he asked. “Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43“But how can David under inspiration call him ‘Lord’?” Jesus asked them. “He says, 44‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit down at my right hand until I defeat all your enemies.’#22:44. Literally, “place all your enemies under your feet.” Quoting Psalms 110:1. 45If David called him Lord, how can he be his son?” 46Nobody could answer him, and from then on nobody dared to ask him any more questions.
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Mattithyahu (Matthew) 22
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1And יהושע responded and spoke to them again by parables and said,
2“The reign of the heavens is like a man, a sovereign, who made a wedding feast for his son,
3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast. But they would not come.
4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Say to those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and all is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’
5“But they disregarded it and went their way – this one to his field, that one to his trade.
6“And the rest, having seized his servants, insulted and killed them.
7“But when the sovereign heard, he was wroth, and sent out his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire.
8“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast, indeed, is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9Therefore go into the street corners, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding feast.’
10“And those servants went out into the street corners and gathered all whom they found, both wicked and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11And when the sovereign came in to view the guests, he saw there a man who had not put on a wedding garment,”
12and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
13“Then the sovereign said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14“For many are called, but few are chosen.”#See Mat. 20:16
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him in His words.
16And they sent to Him their taught ones with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of Elohim in truth, and it does not concern You about anyone, for You are not partial to any man.
17Then say to us, what do You think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
18But knowing their wickedness, יהושע said, “Why do you try Me, you hypocrites?
19Show Me the coin of the tax. And they brought Him a denarius.#Roman monetary unit.
20And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
21They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to Elohim what is Elohim’s.”
22And having heard, they marvelled, and left Him and went away.
23On that day Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
24saying, “Teacher, Mosheh said that if anyone should die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise offspring for his brother.# Deu. 25:5
25“And there were with us seven brothers, and the first died after he had married, and having no children, left his wife to his brother.
26“In the same way the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27“And last of all the woman died too.
28“At the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven shall she be – for all had her?”
29And יהושע answering, said to them, “You go astray, not knowing the Scriptures#See Mark 12:24 nor the power of Elohim.
30“For in the resurrection they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of Elohim in heaven.
31And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by Elohim, saying,”
32‘I am the Elohim of Aḇraham, and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ’?# Exo. 3:6 Elohim is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living.”
33And when the crowds heard, they were astonished at His teaching.
34But the Pharisees, having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, were gathered together,
35and one of them, one learned in the Torah, did question, trying Him, and saying,
36Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah?
37And יהושע said to him, " ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.’# Deu. 6:5
38“This is the first and great command.
39And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’# Lev. 19:18
40On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.
41And when the Pharisees were gathered together, יהושע asked them,
42saying, “What do you think concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of Dawiḏ.”
43He said to them, “Then how does Dawiḏ in the Spirit call Him ‘Master,’ saying,
44‘יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool of Your feet” ’?# Psa. 110:1
45If then Dawiḏ calls Him ‘Master,’ how is He his Son?
46And no one was able to answer Him a word, and from that day on no one was bold enough to ask Him any more questions.
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