Jesus spoke
to them again
in parables
, saying
,
" aThe kingdom of heaven
1may be compared
to 2a king
who
3gave
a bwedding
feast
for his son
.
"And he asent out his slaves
to call
those
who had been invited
to the wedding
feast
, and they were unwilling
to come
.
"Again he asent
out other
slaves
saying
, `Tell
those
who have been invited
, "Behold
, I have prepared
my dinner
; my oxen
and my fattened
livestock
are all butchered
and everything
is ready
; come
to the wedding
feast
."'
"But they paid no
attention
and went
their way
, one
to his own
1farm
, another
to his business
,
and the rest seized
his slaves
and mistreated
them and killed
them.
"But the king was enraged
, and he sent
his armies
and destroyed
those
murderers
and set
their city
on fire
.
"Then he *said
to his slaves
, `The wedding
is ready
, but those
who were invited
were not worthy
.
`Go therefore
to athe main
highways
, and as many
as you find
there, invite
to the wedding
feast
.'
"Those slaves
went
out into the streets
and gathered
together
all
they found
, both
evil
and good
; and the wedding
hall
was filled
with 1dinner
guests
.
"But when the king came
in to look
over
the dinner
guests
, he saw
aa man
there
who was not dressed
in wedding
clothes
,
and he *said to him, ` aFriend
, how
did you come
in here
without
wedding
clothes
?' And the man was speechless
.
"Then the king
said
to the servants
, `Bind
him hand
and foot
, and throw
him into athe outer
darkness
; in that place
there
will be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth
.'
"For many are 1 acalled
, but few
are achosen
."
aThen the Pharisees
went
and 1plotted
together
how
they might trap
Him 2in what He said
.
And they *sent their disciples
to Him, along with the aHerodians
, saying
, "Teacher
, we know
that You are truthful
and teach
the way
of God
in truth
, and 1defer
to no
one
; for You are not partial
to any
.
"Tell us then
, what
do You think
? Is it 1lawful
to give
a apoll-tax
to bCaesar
, or
not?"
But Jesus perceived
their 1malice
, and said
, "Why
are you testing
Me, you hypocrites
?
"Show Me the acoin
used for the poll-tax
." And they brought
Him a 1denarius
.
And He *said to them, "Whose
likeness
and inscription
is this
?"
They *said to Him, "Caesar's
." Then
He *said
to them, " aThen
render
to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's
; and to God
the things that are God's
."
And hearing this, they were amazed
, and aleaving
Him, they went
away
.
aOn that day some bSadducees
(who say
cthere is no
resurrection
) came
to Jesus and questioned
Him,
asking, "Teacher
, Moses
said
, ` aIF
A MAN
DIES
HAVING
NO
CHILDREN
, HIS BROTHER
AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY
HIS WIFE
, AND RAISE
UP CHILDREN
FOR HIS BROTHER
.'
"Now there were seven
brothers
with us; and the first
married
and died
, and having
no
children
left
his wife
to his brother
;
so also
the second
, and the third
, down
to the seventh
.
"In the resurrection, therefore
, whose
wife
of the seven
will she be? For they all
had
married her."
But Jesus answered
and said
to them, "You are mistaken
, anot 1understanding
the Scriptures
nor
the power
of God
.
"For in the resurrection they neither
amarry
nor
are given
in marriage
, but are like
angels
in heaven
.
"But regarding the resurrection
of the dead
, have you not read
what
was spoken
to you by God
:
` aI 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
."
When the crowds heard
this, athey were astonished
at His teaching
.
aBut when the Pharisees heard
that Jesus had silenced
bthe Sadducees
, they gathered
themselves together
.
One of them, 1 aa lawyer
, asked
Him a question, testing
Him,
"Teacher, which
is the great
commandment
in the Law
?"
And He said to him, " ` aYOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD
YOUR GOD
WITH ALL
YOUR HEART
, AND WITH ALL
YOUR SOUL
, AND WITH ALL
YOUR MIND
.'
"This is the great
and 1foremost
commandment
.
"The second is like
it, ` aYOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOURSELF
.'
" aOn these two
commandments
depend
the whole
Law
and the Prophets
."
aNow while the Pharisees
were gathered
together
, Jesus
asked
them a question
:
"What do you think
about
1the Christ
, whose
son
is He?" They *said
to Him, " aThe son of David
."
He *said to them, "Then
how
does David
1 ain the Spirit
call
Him `Lord
,' saying
,
` aTHE LORD SAID
TO MY LORD
, "SIT
AT MY RIGHT
HAND
, UNTIL
I PUT
YOUR ENEMIES
BENEATH
YOUR FEET
"'?
"If David
then
calls
Him `Lord
,' how
is He his son
?"
aNo one
was able
to answer
Him a word
, nor
did anyone
dare
from that day
on to ask
Him 1another
question
.