Matthew 21:18-46; Matthew 22; Matthew 23:1-38

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Matthew 21:18-46

18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it and found nothing upon it, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee from now on for ever. And then the fig tree withered away.

20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

22 And all things, whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

23 And when he was come into the temple, the princes of the priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a word, which if ye tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

25 The baptism of John, where was it from? from heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

26 But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

27 And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said, I will not, but afterward he repented and went.

30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I will go, Lord, and went not.

31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go ahead of you into the kingdom of God.

32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not, but the publicans and the harlots believed him, and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward that ye might believe him.

33 Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,

34 and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it.

35 And the husbandmen took his slaves and beat one and killed another and stoned another.

36 Again, he sent other slaves more than the first, and they did unto them likewise.

37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance.

39 And they took hold of him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

40 Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

41 They say unto him, He will destroy those wicked men without mercy and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

42 Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a people bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

45 And as the princes of the priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 22

1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

2 The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

3 and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

4 Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.

5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

6 and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

7 But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

8 Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

9 Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage.

10 So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,

12 and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees left and took counsel how they might entangle him in his word.

16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with those of Herod, saying, Master, we know that thou art a lover of truth and teachest the way of God with truth and that thou takest care for no man, for thou art no respecter of persons of men.

17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?

18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

19 Show me the coin of the tribute. And they presented unto him a denarius.

20 And he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.

22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled and left him and went away.

23 The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

24 saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brothers, and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no seed, left his wife unto his brother;

26 likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which is spoken unto you by God, who saith,

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 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

34 Then the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered together.

35 And one of them, who was an interpreter of the law, asked him a question, tempting him and saying,

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

43 He said unto them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

45 If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither dared anyone from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Matthew 23:1-38

1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples,

2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in Moses’ seat;

3 therefore, whatever they bid you to observe, observe it and do it, but do not act according to their works, for they say and do not do it.

4 For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments

6 and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues

7 and greetings in the markets and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

8 But, as for you, desire not to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, the Christ; and you are all brothers.

9 And call no one your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens.

10 Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, the Christ.

11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in.

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

17 Ye fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

19 Ye fools and blind, for which one is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

20 Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it and by all things thereon.

21 And whosoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him that dwells therein.

22 And he that shall swear by the heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits thereon.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

24 Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whitewashed sepulchres, who indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteous

30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Therefore ye are witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the judgment of hell?

34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye murdered between the temple and the altar.

36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee, how often I desired to gather thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

Matthew 21:18-46; Matthew 22; Matthew 23:1-38

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