Chapter 22
1 Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables , saying ,
2 " The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king , who made a wedding feast for his son ,
3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast , but they would not come .
4 Again he sent out other servants , saying , ‘ Tell those who are invited , " Behold , I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed , and all things are ready . Come to the wedding feast !"’
5 But they made light of it , and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise ;
6 and the rest grabbed his servants , treated them shamefully, and killed them .
7 When the king heard that , he was angry , and sent his armies , destroyed those murderers , and burnt their city .
8 " Then he said to his servants , ‘ The wedding is ready , but those who were invited weren’ t worthy.
9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways , and as many as you may find , invite to the wedding feast .’
10 Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found , both bad and good . The wedding was filled with guests.
11 " But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’ t have on wedding clothing ,
12 and he said to him , ‘ Friend , how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing ?’ He was speechless .
13 Then the king said to the servants , ‘ Bind him hand and foot , take him away , and throw him into the outer darkness . That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be .’
14 For many are called , but few chosen ."
15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk .
16 They sent their disciples to him , along with the Herodians , saying , " Teacher , we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach ; for you aren’ t partial to anyone .
17 Tell us therefore , what do you think ? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar , or not ?"
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness , and said , " Why do you test me , you hypocrites ?
19 Show me the tax money ." They brought to him a denarius .
20 He asked them , " Whose is this image and inscription ?"
21 They said to him , " Caesar ’s." Then he said to them , " Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar ’s, and to God the things that are God ’s."
22 When they heard it , they marvelled , and left him and went away.
23 On that day Sadducees ( those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him . They asked him ,
24 saying , " Teacher , Moses said , ‘ If a man dies, having no children , his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died , and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
26 In the same way , the second also , and the third , to the seventh .
27 After them all , the woman died .
28 In the resurrection therefore , whose wife will she be of the seven ? For they all had her ."
29 But Jesus answered them , " You are mistaken , not knowing the Scriptures , nor the power of God .
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage , but are like God ’s angels in heaven .
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead , haven’ t you read that which was spoken to you by God , saying ,
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 ."
33 When the multitudes heard it , they were astonished at his teaching .
34 But the Pharisees , when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees , gathered themselves together .
35 One of them , a lawyer , asked him a question , testing him .
36 " Teacher , which is the greatest commandment in the law ?"
37 Jesus said to him , "‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart , with all your soul , and with all your mind .’
38 This is the first and great commandment .
39 A second likewise is this , ‘ You shall love your neighbour as yourself .’
40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments ."
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together , Jesus asked them a question ,
42 saying , " What do you think of the Christ ? Whose son is he ?" They said to him , " Of David ."
43 He said to them , " How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord , saying ,
44 ‘ The Lord said to my Lord , sit on my right hand , until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet ’?
45 " If then David calls him Lord , how is he his son ?"
46 No one was able to answer him a word , neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.