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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 burned
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 marveled,
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 neighbor 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.