OTNT

Mt 22


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

22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

22:3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

22:4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

22:5 “But they paid no attention and went off–one to his field, another to his business.

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

22:7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

22:8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.

22:9 Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’

22:10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

22:11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

22:12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

22:13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

22:14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

22:16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are.

22:17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

22:18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?

22:19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,

22:20 and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”

22:21 “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22:22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

22:23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

22:24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.

22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

22:26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.

22:27 Finally, the woman died.

22:28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

22:29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

22:30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

22:31 But about the resurrection of the dead–have you not read what God said to you,

22:32 ‘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.”

22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

22:34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

22:35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

22:36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

22:37 Jesus replied: “‘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 greatest commandment.

22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

22:40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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

22:42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

22:43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

22:44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ‘

22:45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

22:46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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

22:2 The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

22:3 And he sent his slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding feast, yet they would not come.

22:4 Again, he sent other slaves, saying, Tell those who have been called, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatted cattle have been slain, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast.

22:5 But they disregarded it and went off, one to his own field and another to his business,

22:6 And the rest took hold of his slaves, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

22:7 And the king became angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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

22:9 Go therefore to the crossroads, and as many as you find, call to the wedding feast.

22:10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding feast was filled with those reclining at table.

22:11 But when the king came in to look at those reclining at table, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a wedding garment,

22:12 And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

22:13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and cast him out into the outer darkness. In that place there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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

22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare Him in His words.

22:16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are true and that You teach the way of God in truth and do not fear anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

22:17 Tell us therefore, What do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

22:18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, Why do you tempt Me, hypocrites?

22:19 Show Me the coin for the tribute. And they brought to Him a denarius.

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

22:21 They said, Caesar s. Then He said to them, Render then the things that are Caesar s to Caesar and the things that are God s to God.

22:22 And when they heard this, they marveled. And they left Him and went away.

22:23 On that day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him,

22:24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone dies and does not have children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

22:25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first married and died, and having no seed, he left his wife to his brother;

22:26 Likewise also the second and the third until the seventh.

22:27 And last of all the woman died.

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

22:29 And Jesus answered and said to them, You 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 like angels in heaven.

22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which 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 ? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

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

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

22:35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

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

22:37 And He 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 great and first 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 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

22:42 Saying, What do you think concerning the Christ? Whose son is He? They said to Him, David s.

22:43 He said to them, How then does David in spirit call Him Lord, saying,

22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies underneath Your feet ?

22:45 If then David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?

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