Chapter 22

And Jesus addressed them, and spoke to them again in parables,

saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who made a marriage feast for his son.

And he sent his servants to call in those invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast. '

But they made light of it, and went off, one to his farm, and another to his business;

and the rest laid hold of his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

"But when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage feast indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy;

go therefore to the crossroads, and invite to the marriage feast whomever you shall find. '

And his servants went out into the roads, and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; and the marriage feast was filled with guests.

"Now the king went in to see the guests, and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how didst thou come in here without a wedding garment? ' But he was speechless.

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind his hands and feet and cast him forth into the darkness outside, where there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. '

For many are called, but few are chosen." Tribute to Caesar

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.

And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, "Master, we know that thou art truthful, and that thou teachest the way of God in truth and that thou carest naught for any man; for thou dost not regard the person of men.

Tell us, therefore, what dost thou think: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? "

But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

Show me the coin of the tribute." So they offered him a denarius.

Then Jesus said to them, "Whose are this image and the inscription? "

They said to him, "Caesar's" Then he said to them, "Render, therefore, to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

And hearing this they marvelled, and leaving him went off. The Sadducees and the Resurrection

On that same day some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him, and questioned him,

saying, "Master, Moses said, 'If a man die without having a son, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up issue to his brother. '

Now there were among us seven brothers. And the first, after having married a wife, died, and having no issue, left his wife to his brother.

In like manner the second, and the third down to the seventh.

And last of all the woman also died.

At the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be the wife? For they all had her."

But Jesus answered and said to them, "You err because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

For at the resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as angels of God in heaven.

But as to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, "

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."

And when the crowds heard this, they marvelled at his teaching. The Great Commandment

But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together.

And one of them, a doctor of the Law, putting him to the test, asked him,

"Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? "

Jesus said to him, "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. '

This is the greatest and the first commandment.

And the second is like it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. '

On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." The Son of David

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's"

He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool'?

If David, therefore calls him, 'Lord, ' how is he his son? "

And no one could answer him a word; neither did anyone dare from that day forth to ask him any more questions.