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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
Parable of the Great Feast
Jesus also told them other parables. He said,
Jesus also told them other parables. He said,
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
“The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.
When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’
“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!’
But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.
while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honor.
Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’
Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.
Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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.’
Paying Taxes to Caesar
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
Taxes for Caesar
Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.
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.
Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?
And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”
They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
“Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”
“Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”
When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
His reply amazed them, and they went away.
Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
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:
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.
So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them.
In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”
So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
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.
And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
The Great Commandment
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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.
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
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.
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Whose Son Is the Christ?
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question:
saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They replied, “He is the son of David.”
They replied, “He is the son of David.”
He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”
Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”