Matthew 22
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A Story about a Wedding Reception
1Again Jesus used stories as illustrations when he spoke to them. He said, 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who planned a wedding for his son. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come. 4He sent other servants to tell the people who had been invited, ‘I’ve prepared dinner. My bulls and fattened calves have been butchered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!’
5“But they paid no attention and went away. Some went to work in their own fields, and others went to their businesses. 6The rest grabbed the king’s servants, mistreated them, and then killed them.
7“The king became angry. He sent his soldiers, killed those murderers, and burned their city.
8“Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited don’t deserve the honor. 9Go where the roads leave the city. Invite everyone you find to the wedding.’ 10The servants went into the streets and brought in all the good people and all the evil people they found. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11“When the king came to see the guests, he saw a person who was not dressed in the wedding clothes ⌞provided for the guests⌟. 12He said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without proper wedding clothes?’
“The man had nothing to say. 13Then the king told his servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’
14“Therefore, many are invited, but few of those are chosen to stay.”
A Question about Taxes
(Mark 12:13–17; Luke 20:20–26)
15Then the Pharisees went away and planned to trap Jesus into saying the wrong thing. 16They sent their disciples to him along with Herod’s followers. They said to him, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth and that you teach the truth about the way of God. You don’t favor individuals because of who they are. 17So tell us what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to the emperor or not?”
18Jesus recognized their evil plan, so he asked, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? 19Show me a coin used to pay taxes.”
They brought him a coin. 20He said to them, “Whose face and name is this?”
21They replied, “The emperor’s.”
Then he said to them, “Very well, give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and give God what belongs to God.”
22They were surprised to hear this. Then they left him alone and went away.
The Dead Come Back to Life
(Mark 12:18–27; Luke 20:27–40)
23On that day some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him, 24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother should marry his widow and have children for his brother.’ 25There were seven brothers among us. The first married and died. Since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother. 26The second brother also died, as well as the third, and the rest of the seven brothers. 27At last the woman died. 28Now, when the dead come back to life, whose wife will she be? All seven brothers had been married to her.”
29Jesus answered, “You’re mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power. 30When people come back to life, they don’t marry. Rather, they are like the angels in heaven. 31Haven’t you read what God told you about the dead coming back to life? He said, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ He’s not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33He amazed the crowds who heard his teaching.
Love God and Your Neighbor
(Mark 12:28–34)
34When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking, 36“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in Moses’ Teachings?”
37Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the greatest and most important commandment. 39The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ 40All of Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.”
How Can David’s Son Be David’s Lord?
(Mark 12:35–37a; Luke 20:41–44)
41While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them, 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They answered him, “David’s.”
43He said to them, “Then how can David, guided by the Spirit, call him Lord? David says,
44‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Take the honored position—the one next to me [and the Father] on the heavenly throne
until I put your enemies under your control.#22:44 Or “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”” ’
45If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”
46No one could answer him, and from that time on no one dared to ask him another question.
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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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