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Parable of the Great Feast
Jesus also told them other parables. He said,
Jesus also told them other parables. He said,
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
“The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
“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!’
“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.’
But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.
“But they paid no attention and went off — one to his field, another to his business.
Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
And he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honor.
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.
He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
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.’
“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.’
Taxes for Caesar
Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
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.
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
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?
But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?
Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,
he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”
and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“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.”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
His reply amazed them, and they went away.
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
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:
Marriage at the Resurrection
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.
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.
But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them.
The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them 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.
Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or 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.
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
But about the resurrection of the dead — have you not read what God said to you,
When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
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.
The Greatest Commandment
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question:
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
“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.”
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
“The son of David,” they replied.
Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,
He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”
If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”