[1] Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, [2] "The
Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his
son, [3] and sent forth his servants to call those who were invited to the
marriage feast, but they would not come. [4] Again he sent forth other
servants, saying, `Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready
my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready.
Come to the marriage feast."` [5] But they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, [6] and the rest
grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. [7] But
the king was angry, and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and
burned their city. [8] Then he said to his servants, `The wedding is ready,
but they who were invited were not worthy. [9] Go therefore to the
intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the
marriage feast.` [10] Those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was
filled with guests. [11] But when the king came in to see the guests, he
saw there a man who didn`t have on wedding-clothing, [12] and he said to
him, `Friend, how did you come in here not having wedding-clothing?` He was
speechless. [13] Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and
foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where
the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.` [14] For many are called, but
few chosen." [15] Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might
entrap him in his talk. [16] They sent their disciples to him, along with
the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the
way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren`t partial to
anyone. [17] Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay
taxes to Caesar, or not?" [18] But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and
said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites? [19] Show me the tax money."
They brought to him a denarius. [20] He asked them, "Whose is this image
and inscription?" [21] They said to him, "Caesar`s." Then he said to
them, "Give 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
left him, and went away. [23] On that day Sadducees (those who say that
there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, [24] saying,
"Teacher, Moses said, `If a man dies, having no children, his brother will
marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.` [25] Now there were
with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left
his wife to his brother. [26] In like manner the second also, and the
third, to the seventh. [27] After them all, the woman died. [28] In the
resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all
had her." [29] But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God. [30] For in the resurrection they neither
marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God`s angels in heaven. [31]
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven`t you read that which
was spoken to you by God, saying, [32] `I am the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?` God is not the God of the dead, but of
the living." [33] When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his
teaching. [34] But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the
Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. [35] One of them, a
lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. [36] "Teacher, which is the
greatest commandment in the law?" [37] Jesus 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 first and great commandment. [39] A second
likewise is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.` [40] The
whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." [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, "Of David." [43] He said to them, "How then does David in the
Spirit call him Lord, saying, [44] `The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my
right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?` [45] "If
then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" [46] No one was able to
answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any
more questions.
