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1 And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:
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1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
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2 The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who made a marriage for his son.
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2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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3 And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not come.
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3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
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4 Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come ye to the marriage.
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4 "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.'
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5 But they neglected and went their ways, one to his farm and another to his merchandise.
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5 "But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business.
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6 And the rest laid hands on his servants and, having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
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6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
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7 But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
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7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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8 Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
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8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
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9 Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
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9 Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.'
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10 And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
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10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
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11 And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.
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11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
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12 And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.
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12 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.
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13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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13 "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.'
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14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
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14 "For many are invited, but few are chosen."
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15 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
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15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
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16 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.
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16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are.
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17 Tell us therefore what dost thou think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
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17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
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18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites?
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18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?
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19 Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.
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19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius,
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20 And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?
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20 and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
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21 They say to him: Caesar’s. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s.
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21 "Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
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22 And hearing this, they wondered and, leaving him, went their ways.
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22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
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23 That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,
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23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
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24 Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up issue to his brother.
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24 "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.
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25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.
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25 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.
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26 In like manner the second and the third and so on, to the seventh.
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26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
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27 And last of all the woman died also.
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27 Finally, the woman died.
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28 At the resurrection therefore, whose wife of the seven shall she be? For they all had her.
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28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"
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29 And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
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29 Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
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30 For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married, but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
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30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
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31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
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31 But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you,
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32 I 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.
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32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
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33 And the multitudes hearing it were in admiration at his doctrine.
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33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
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34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together.
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34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
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35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:
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35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
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36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
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36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
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37 Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.
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37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
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38 This is the greatest and the first commandment.
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38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
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39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
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40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
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40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
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41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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42 Saying: What think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him: David’s.
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42 "What do you think about the Christ ? Whose son is he?" "The son of David," they replied.
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43 He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:
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43 He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says,
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44 The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?
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44 " 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet." '
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45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
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45 If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"
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46 And no man was able to answer him a word: neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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