Matthew 22
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Invitation to the Wedding Feast
1Yeshua answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who made a wedding feast for his son.
3He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.
4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who were invited, “Look, I’ve prepared my meal. My oxen and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5“But paying no attention, they went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
6And the rest grabbed his servants, humiliated them, and killed them.
7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city.
8“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’
10And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.
11“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes.
12‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.
13Then the king said to his servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
A Trap about Paying Taxes
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him with a word.
16And they sent to Him some of their disciples, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are honest and teach the way of God in truth. And what others think doesn’t concern You, for You do not look at men’s appearance.
17Tell us therefore, what do You think? Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18But Yeshua, knowing their wickedness, said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
19Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.
20And He said to them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21“Caesar’s,” they said to Him. Then He said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22And hearing this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
Religious Leaders Ask a Tricky Question
23On that day, Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Yeshua and questioned Him, saying,
24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his widow and father children for his brother.’
25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died; and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
26In the same way also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
27Last of all, the woman died.
28So in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
29But answering, Yeshua said to them, “You’ve gone astray, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what 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 the dead, but of the living!”
33When the crowds heard this, they were astounded at His teaching.
The Greatest Mitzvot
34But the Pharisees, when they heard that Yeshua had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in one place.
35And testing Him, one of them, a lawyer, asked,
36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Torah?”
37And He said to him, “‘You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38This is the first and greatest commandment.
39And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Yeshua Overturns the Arguments
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Yeshua asked them a question,
42saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” “David’s,” they say to Him.
43“Then how is it,” He says to them, “that David by the Ruach calls him ‘Lord’?
44For he says, ‘Adonai said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
45If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”
46No one was able to answer Him a word. Nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any longer.
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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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