Matthew 22

1verseJesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

2verse“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,

3verseand sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

4verseAgain 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!”’

5verseBut they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;

6verseand the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

7verseWhen the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

8verse“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

9verseGo therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’

10verseThose servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

11verse“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,

12verseand he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

13verseThen 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.’

14verseFor many are called, but few chosen.”

15verseThen the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

16verseThey 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.

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

18verseBut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

19verseShow me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.

20verseHe asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

21verseThey 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.”

22verseWhen they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.

23verseOn that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

24versesaying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’

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

26verseIn the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

27verseAfter them all, the woman died.

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

29verseBut Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30verseFor in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

31verseBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

32verse‘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.”

33verseWhen the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

34verseBut the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

35verseOne of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

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

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

38verseThis is the first and great commandment.

39verseA second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

40verseThe whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

41verseNow while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

42versesaying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

43verseHe said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

44verse‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’?

45verse“If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

46verseNo one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.