MT-22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by
parables, and said,
MT-22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king,
which made a
marriage for his son,
MT-22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were
bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
MT-22:4 Again, 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.
MT-22:5 But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one
to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
MT-22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them]
spitefully,
and slew [them].
MT-22:7 But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he
sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
MT-22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready,
but they which
were bidden were not worthy.
MT-22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye
shall find, bid
to the marriage.
MT-22:10 So 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.
MT-22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
there a man which
had not on a wedding garment:
MT-22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in
hither not having a
wedding garment? And he was speechless.
MT-22:13 Then 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.
MT-22:14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.
MT-22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they
might entangle him
in [his] talk.
MT-22:16 And 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.
MT-22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to
give tribute
unto Caesar, or not?
MT-22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why
tempt ye me, [ye]
hypocrites?
MT-22:19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a
penny.
MT-22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and
superscription?
MT-22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them,
Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto
God the things
that are God's.
MT-22:22 When they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and
left him, and
went their way.
MT-22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that
there is no
resurrection, and asked him,
MT-22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no
children, his
brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
MT-22:25 Now 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:
MT-22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the
seventh.
MT-22:27 And last of all the woman died also.
MT-22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be
of the seven?
for they all had her.
MT-22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not
knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
MT-22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
given in
marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
MT-22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
not read that
which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
MT-22:32 I 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.
MT-22:33 And when the multitude heard [this], they were
astonished at his
doctrine.
MT-22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the
Sadducees to
silence, they were gathered together.
MT-22:35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a
question],
tempting him, and saying,
MT-22:36 Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
MT-22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
MT-22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
MT-22:39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as
thyself.
MT-22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
MT-22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus
asked them,
MT-22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They
say unto him,
[The son] of David.
MT-22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call
him Lord,
saying,
MT-22:44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
till I make
thine enemies thy footstool?
MT-22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
MT-22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither
durst any [man]
from that day forth ask him any more [questions].
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