Jubilee2000 - Matthew - 22

22:1  And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

22:2  The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage [feast] for his son

22:3  and sent forth his servants to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

22:4  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready; come unto the marriage.

22:5  But they made light of [it] and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

22:6  and the others took his servants and entreated [them] spitefully and slew [them].

22:7  But when the king heard [of this], he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

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

22:9  Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage.

22:10  So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

22:11  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,

22:12  and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

22:13  Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast [him] into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

22:15  Then the Pharisees left and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] word.

22:16  And they sent out unto him their disciples with those of Herod, saying, Master, we know that thou art a lover of truth and teachest the way of God with truth and that thou takest care for no [man], for thou art no respecter of persons of men.

22:17  Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?

22:18  But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why tempt ye me, [ye] hypocrites?

22:19  Show me the coin of the tribute. And they presented unto him a denarius.

22:20  And he said unto them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?

22:21  They say unto him, Caesar's. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's.

22:22  When they had heard [these words], they marvelled and left him and went away.

22:23  The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

22:24  saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

22:25  Now there were with us seven brothers, and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no seed, left his wife unto his brother;

22:26  likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

22:27  And last of all the woman died also.

22:28  Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

22:29  Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

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

22:31  But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which is spoken unto you by God, who saith,

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 multitude heard [this], they were astonished at his doctrine.

22:34  Then the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered together.

22:35  And one of them, [who was] an interpreter of the law, asked [him a question], tempting him and saying,

22:36  Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

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.

22:38  This is the first and great commandment.

22:39  And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

22:40  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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

22:42  saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David.

22:43  He said unto them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

22:44  The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

22:45  If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

22:46  And no one was able to answer him a word, neither dared anyone from that day forth ask him any more [questions].: