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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:
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 is like a certain king who arranged a marriage 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.
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’
“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 made light of it and went their ways, one to his own 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.
Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up 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 is ready, but those who were 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.
Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’
Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’
So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And 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 see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a 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.
So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come 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 his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.
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, therefore, what do 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 knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?
Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
So they brought Him a denarius.
And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”
“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 had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
His reply amazed them, and they went away.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?
The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
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 that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, 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.
Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.
But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them.
Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven 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.”
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
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.
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?
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.
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,
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?”
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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.”
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 then does David in the Spirit call 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,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”
Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”