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CHAPTER 22

1
Once
again,
Jesus
spoke
to them
in
parables:
2
“The
kingdom
of
heaven
is like
a king
who
prepared
a wedding banquet
for
his
son.
3
He sent
his
servants
to call
those
he had invited
to
the
banquet,
but
they refused
to come.
4
Again,
he sent
other
servants
and said,
‘Tell
those who
have been invited
that
I have prepared
my
dinner.
My
oxen
and
fatlings
have been killed,
and
everything is
ready.
Come
to
the
wedding banquet.'
5
But
they paid no attention
and went away,
one
to
his
field,
and
another
to
his
business.
6
The
rest
seized
his
servants,
mistreated them,
and
killed them.
7
The
king
was enraged.
He sent
his
troops
to destroy
those
murderers
and
burn
their
city.
8
Then
he said
to
his
servants,
‘The
wedding banquet
is
ready,
but
those
I invited
were
not
worthy.
9
Go
therefore
to
the
crossroads
and
invite
to
the
banquet
as many as
you can find.’
10
So
the
servants
went out
into
the
streets
and gathered
everyone
they could find,
both
evil
and
good,
and
the
wedding hall
was filled
with guests.
11
But when
the
king
came in
to see
the
guests,
he spotted
a man
who was not
dressed
in wedding
clothes.
12
‘Friend,’
he asked,
‘how
did you get in
here
without
wedding
clothes?’
But
the man was speechless.
13
Then
the
king
told
the
servants,
‘Tie
him
hand
and
foot
and throw him outside
into
the
outer
darkness,
where there
will be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.'
14
For
many
are
called,
but
few are
chosen.”
15
Then
the
Pharisees
went out
and plotted
to trap
Jesus
in
His words.
16
They sent
their
disciples
to Him
along with
the
Herodians.
“Teacher,”
they said,
“we know
that
You are
honest
and that
You teach
the
way
of God
in accordance with
the truth.
You
defer
to
no one,
because
You pay no attention
to
external appearance.
17
So
tell
us
what
You
think.
Is it lawful
to pay
taxes
to Caesar,
or
not?”
18
But
Jesus
was aware
of their
evil motives.
“You hypocrites!”
He said.
“Why
are you testing
Me?
19
Show
Me
the
coin
used for
the tax.”
And
they brought
Him
a denarius.
20
“Whose
likeness
is this,”
He asked,
“and
whose
inscription?”
21
“Caesar’s,”
they answered.
So
Jesus told
them,
“Give
to Caesar
what is
Caesar’s,
and
to God
what is
God’s.”
22
And
when they heard this,
they were amazed.
So
they left
Him
and went away.
23
That
same
day
the Sadducees,
who say
there is
no
resurrection,
came
to Jesus
and
questioned
Him.
24
“Teacher,”
they said,
“Moses
declared that
if
a man
dies
without
having
children,
his
brother
is to marry
the
widow
and
raise up
offspring
for
him.
25
Now
there were
seven
brothers
among
us.
The
first one
married
and
died
without
having
children.
So he left
his
wife
to
his
brother.
26
The same thing happened to
the
second
and
third brothers,
down to
the
seventh.
27
And
last
of all,
the
woman
died.
28
In
the
resurrection,
then,
whose
wife
will she be
of the
seven?
For
all of them
were married
to her.”
29
Jesus
replied,
“You are mistaken because
you do not know
the
Scriptures
or
the
power
of God.
30
In
the
resurrection,
people will neither marry
nor
be given in marriage.
Instead,
they will be
like
the angels
in
heaven.
31
But
concerning
the
resurrection
of the
dead,
have you not read
what
God
said
to you:
32
‘I
am
the
God
of Abraham,
the
God
of Isaac,
and
the
God
of Jacob?’
He is
not
the
God
of the dead,
but
of the living.”
33
When
the
crowds
heard this,
they were astonished
at
His
teaching.
34
And when
the
Pharisees
heard
that
Jesus had silenced
the
Sadducees,
they themselves gathered
together.
35
One
of
them,
an expert in the law,
tested
Him
with a question:
36
“Teacher,
which
commandment
is the greatest
in
the
Law?”
37
Jesus declared,
“‘Love
the Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul
and
with
all
your
mind.’
38
This
is
the
first
and
greatest
commandment.
39
And
the second
is like
it:
‘Love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’
40
All
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
depend
on
these
two
commandments.”
41
While
the
Pharisees
were assembled,
Jesus
questioned
them:
42
“What
do you
think
about
the
Christ?
Whose
son
is He?”
“David’s,”
they answered.
43
Jesus said
to them,
“How
then
does David
in
the Spirit
call
Him
Lord?
For he says:
44
‘The Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
“Sit
at
My
right hand,
until
I put
Your
enemies
under
Your
feet.”’
45
So
if
David
calls
Him
Lord,
how
can He be
David’s
son?”
46
No one
was able
to answer
a word,
and
from
that
day on
no one
dared
to question
Him
any further.
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