Mat22:1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
Mat22:2 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,
Mat22:3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast;but they would not come.
Mat22:4 Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready;come to the marriage feast.'
Mat22:5 But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
Mat22:6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Mat22:7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
Mat22:8 Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
Mat22:9 Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'
Mat22:10 And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good;so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Mat22:11 'But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;
Mat22:12 and he said to him, Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
Mat22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness;there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'
Mat22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.'
Mat22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.
Mat22:16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero'di-ans, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man;for you do not regard the position of men.
Mat22:17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?'
Mat22:18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, 'Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
Mat22:19 Show me the money for the tax.' And they brought him a coin.
Mat22:20 And Jesus said to them, 'Whose likeness and inscription is this?'
Mat22:21 They said, 'Caesar's.' Then he said to them, 'Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.'
Mat22:22 When they heard it, they marveled;and they left him and went away.
Mat22:23 The same day Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection;and they asked him a question,
Mat22:24 saying, 'Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.'
Mat22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us;the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
Mat22:26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
Mat22:27 After them all, the woman died.
Mat22:28 In the resurrection, therefore, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her.'
Mat22:29 But Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
Mat22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Mat22:31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,
Mat22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.'
Mat22:33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Mat22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together.
Mat22:35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
Mat22:36 'Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?'
Mat22:37 And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Mat22:38 This is the great and first commandment.
Mat22:39 And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Mat22:40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.'
Mat22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Mat22:42 saying, 'What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?' They said to him, 'The son of David.'
Mat22:43 He said to them, 'How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
Mat22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet'?
Mat22:45 If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?'
Mat22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.