[1] And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, [2] "The kingdom of
heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, [3]
and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast;
but they would not come. [4] Again he sent other servants, saying, `Tell
those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my
fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage
feast.' [5] But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm,
another to his business, [6] while the rest seized his servants, treated
them shamefully, and killed them. [7] The king was angry, and he sent his
troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. [8] Then he
said to his servants, `The wedding is ready, but those invited were not
worthy. [9] Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage
feast as many as you find.' [10] And those servants went out into the
streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding
hall was filled with guests. [11] "But when the king came in to look at the
guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment; [12] and he said to
him, `Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he
was speechless. [13] Then the king said to the attendants, `Bind him hand
and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and
gnash their teeth.' [14] For many are called, but few are chosen." [15]
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.
[16] And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero'di-ans,
saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God
truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.
[17] Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or
not?" [18] But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test,
you hypocrites? [19] Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a
coin. [20] And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is
this?" [21] They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are
God's." [22] When they heard it, they marveled; and they left him and went
away. [23] The same day Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no
resurrection; and they asked him a question, [24] saying, "Teacher, Moses
said, `If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow,
and raise up children for his brother.' [25] Now there were seven brothers
among us; the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife
to his brother. [26] So too the second and third, down to the seventh. [27]
After them all, the woman died. [28] In the resurrection, therefore, to
which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her." [29] But Jesus
answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor
the power of God. [30] For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are
given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. [31] And as for the
resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,
[32] `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." [33] And when the crowd
heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. [34] But when the Pharisees
heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together. [35] And one
of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. [36] "Teacher, which
is the great commandment in the law?" [37] 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. [38] This is the great and first commandment. [39] And
a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [40] On
these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." [41] Now while
the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, [42]
saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to
him, "The son of David." [43] He said to them, "How is it then that David,
inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, [44] `The Lord said to my
Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet'? [45] If
David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?" [46] And no one was able to
answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more
questions.
