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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Matthew 22
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1 And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:
2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son.
3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to 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.'
5 But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.
6 Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.
7 But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants: 'The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.'
10 And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.
11 Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.
12 And he said to him, 'Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?' But he was dumbstruck.
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.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.' "
15 Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.
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.
17 Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?"
18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin of the census tax." And they offered him a denarius.
20 And Jesus said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?"
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."
22 And hearing this, they wondered. And having left him behind, they went away.
23 In that day, the Sadducees, who say there is to be no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,
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.
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:
26 similarly with the second, and the third, even to the seventh.
27 And last of all, the woman also passed away.
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For 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.
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.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken by God, saying to you:
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."
33 And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine.
34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.
35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment 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.'
38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
39 But the second is similar to it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets."
41 Then, when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,
42 saying: "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."
43 He said to them: "Then how can David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:
44 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?'
45 So then, if David calls him Lord, how can he be 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.
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