Matthew 22

¹And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

²“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

³and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

⁴Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner;

⁵But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

⁶And the rest seized his servants, treated them

⁷But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out

⁸Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not

⁹Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

¹⁰So those servants went out into the highways and

¹¹“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there

¹²So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was

¹³Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot,

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

¹⁵Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

¹⁶And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

¹⁷Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

¹⁹Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.

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

²¹They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render

²²When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

²³The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

²⁴saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

²⁶Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.

²⁷Last of all the woman died also.

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

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, “You are

³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but

³¹But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

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

³³And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

³⁴But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

³⁵Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

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

³⁷Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord

³⁸This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹And the second is like it:

⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

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

⁴²saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”

⁴³He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

⁴⁴‘The “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?

⁴⁵If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”

⁴⁶And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.