EMTV - Matthew - 22

22:1  And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

22:2  "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a wedding for his son,

22:3  and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they did not want to come.

22:4  Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Say to those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding." '

22:5  "But not caring, they went away, one to his own field, another to his business.

22:6  And the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

22:7  And when that king heard, he was furious. And he sent out his troops, and he destroyed those murderers, and he burned up their city.

22:8  Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

22:9  Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.'

22:10  "So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

22:11  But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there not dressed with wedding clothes.

22:12  So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not having wedding clothes?' And he was speechless.

22:13  Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up hands and feet, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

22:14  "For many are called, but few are chosen."

22:15  Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him in His speech.

22:16  And they sent their disciples to Him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You show favoritism to anyone.

22:17  Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

22:18  But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, "Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

22:19  Show Me the tax money." So they brought Him a denarius.

22:20  And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"

22:21  They said to Him, "Caesar's." And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

22:22  When they had heard these words, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away.

22:23  The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him, and they questioned Him,

22:24  saying: "Teacher, Moses said that IF A MAN DIES, HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE AS NEXT OF KIN, AND SHALL RAISE UP OFFSPRING FOR HIS BROTHER.

22:25  Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died, after having married, and having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

22:26  Likewise the second also, and the third, up to the seventh.

22:27  Last of all the woman died also.

22:28  Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."

22:29  Jesus answered and said to them, "You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

22:30  For in the resurrection neither do they marry, nor are they given in marriage, but they are like angels of God in heaven.

22:31  But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

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."

22:33  And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

22:34  But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

22:35  Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

22:36  "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

22:37  Jesus said to him, “'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'

22:38  This is the first and great commandment.

22:39  And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'

22:40  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

22:41  And when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

22:42  saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to Him, "David’s."

22:43  He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying:

22:44  'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET" '?

22:45  "If David therefore calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his Son?"

22:46  And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him any longer.