Matthew 22:1-45 (New American Standard)

Parable of the Marriage Feast

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, 2 "¹The kingdom of heaven ^amay be compared to ^ba king who ^cgave a ²wedding feast for his son. 3 "And he ³sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. 4 "Again he ⁴sent 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."' 5 "But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own ^dfarm, another to his business, 6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. 7 "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. 8 "Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 'Go therefore to ⁵the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' 10 "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good ; and the wedding hall was filled with ^edinner guests. 11 "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw ⁶a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, 12 and he said to him, '⁷Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes ?' And the man was speechless. 13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into ⁸the outer darkness ; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 "For many are ^f9called, but few are ¹⁰chosen."

Tribute to Caesar

15 ¹¹Then the Pharisees went and ^gplotted together how they might trap Him ^hin what He said. 16 And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the ¹²Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ⁱdefer to no one ; for You are not partial to any. 17 "Tell us then, what do You think ? Is it ^jlawful to give a ¹³poll-tax to ¹⁴Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus perceived their ^kmalice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites ? 19 "Show Me the ¹⁵coin used for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a ^ldenarius. 20 And He said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this ?" 21 They said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "¹⁶Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's ; and to God the things that are God's." 22 And hearing this, they were amazed, and ¹⁷leaving Him, they went away.

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

23 ¹⁸On that day some ¹⁹Sadducees (who say ²⁰there is no resurrection ) came to Jesus and questioned Him, 24 asking, "Teacher, Moses said, '²¹IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.' 25 "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother ; 26 so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. 27 "Last of all, the woman died. 28 "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." 29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, ²²not ^munderstanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 "For in the resurrection they neither ²³marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God : 32 '²⁴I 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." 33 When the crowds heard this, ²⁵they were astonished at His teaching. 34 ²⁶But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ²⁷the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together . 35 One of them, ⁿ²⁸a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law ?" 37 And He said to him, " '²⁹YOU 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 ^oforemost commandment. 39 "The second is like it, '³⁰YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' 40 "³¹On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." 41 ³²Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question : 42 "What do you think about ^pthe Christ, whose son is He?" They said to Him, "³³The son of David." 43 He said to them, "Then how does David ^q34in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying, 44 '³⁵THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET "'? 45 "If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son ?"