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The Parable of the Banquet

And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,

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Parable of the Great Feast

Jesus also told them other parables. He said,

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The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

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“The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.

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and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

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When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!

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Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

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“So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!’

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But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.

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But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.

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And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].

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Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.

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And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.

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Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

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And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honor.

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go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

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Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’

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And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

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So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

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And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

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“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.

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And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

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‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.

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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

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“For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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Paying Taxes to Caesar

Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

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Taxes for Caesar

Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.

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And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

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They sent some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to meet with him. “Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You teach the way of God truthfully. You are impartial and don’t play favorites.

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tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

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Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?

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But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?

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Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.

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Here, show me the coin used for the tax.” When they handed him a Roman coin,a

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And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?

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he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”

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They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

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“Caesar’s,” they replied.
“Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”

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And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.

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His reply amazed them, and they went away.

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Sadducees Question the Resurrection

On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,

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Discussion about Resurrection

That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees — religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

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saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

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“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.’b

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Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

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Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.

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In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.

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But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them.

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And last of all the woman also died.

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Last of all, the woman also died.

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In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?

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So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”

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And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

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Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.

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

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For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.

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

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“But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead — haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,c

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*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.

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‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’d So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”

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And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine.

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When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.

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The Greatest Commandment

But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.

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The Most Important Commandment

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.

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And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,

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One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:

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Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

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“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”

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And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.

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Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’e

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This is [the] great and first commandment.

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This is the first and greatest commandment.

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

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A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’f

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On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.

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The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

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Whose Son is the Christ?

And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,

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Whose Son Is the Messiah?

Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question:

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saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.

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“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They replied, “He is the son of David.”

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He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

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Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,

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The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?

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‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’g

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If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?

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Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”

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And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.

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No one could answer him. And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Matthew 22

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