Matthew 22

¹And 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.

³And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.

⁴Again, 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.’

⁵But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.

⁶Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.

⁷But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.

⁸Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.

⁹Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’

¹⁰And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.

¹²And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck.

¹³Then 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.

¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.’ ”

¹⁵Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁷Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?”

¹⁸But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

¹⁹Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius.

²⁰And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

²¹They 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.”

²²And hearing this, they wondered. And having left him behind, they went away.

²³In that day, the Sadducees, who say there is to be no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

²⁴saying: “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.

²⁵Now 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:

²⁶similarly with the second, and the third, even to the seventh.

²⁷And last of all, the woman also passed away.

²⁸In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”

²⁹But Jesus responded to them by saying: “You have gone astray by knowing neither the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰For in the resurrection, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage. Instead, they shall be like the Angels of God in heaven.

³¹But 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.”

³³And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine.

³⁴But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.

³⁵And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:

³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

³⁷Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

³⁸This is the greatest and first commandment.

³⁹But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

⁴⁰On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”

⁴¹Then, when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

⁴²saying: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”

⁴³He 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?’

⁴⁵So then, if David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”

⁴⁶And no one was able to respond to him a word. And neither did anyone dare, from that day forward, to question him.

Matthew 22

¹And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

²The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

³And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

⁴Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

⁵But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

⁶And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

⁷But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

⁸Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

⁹Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

¹⁰So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

¹¹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

¹²And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

¹³Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁵Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

¹⁶And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

¹⁷Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

¹⁹Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

²⁰And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

²¹They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

²²When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

²³The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

²⁴Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁵Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

²⁶Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

²⁷And last of all the woman died also.

²⁸Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

³¹But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

³³And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

³⁴But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

³⁵Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

³⁸This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

⁴¹While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

⁴²Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

⁴³He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁴⁵If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.