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AndJesusanswered and spake unto themagainbyparables, and said ,
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certainking,whichmade a marriage for hisson,
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And sent forthhisservants to call them that were biddento the wedding:and they wouldnotcome .
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Again, he sent forthotherservants,saying , Tell them which are bidden , Behold , I have preparedmydinner:myoxenand my fatlings are killed , and all things are ready:comeunto the marriage.
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But they made light of it, and went their ways , onetohisfarm,anothertohismerchandise:
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And the remnanttookhisservants, and entreated them spitefully , andslew them.
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But when the kingheard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forthhisarmies, and destroyedthosemurderers,and burned uptheircity.
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Then saith he to hisservants*, The weddingisready,but they which were biddenwerenotworthy.
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Go yethereforeinto the highways*, and as many asye shall find , bidto the marriage.
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Sothoseservants went outinto the highways, and gathered togetherall as many as they found , bothbadandgood:and the wedding was furnished with guests .
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Andwhen the king came in to see the guests , he sawthere a man which hadnoton a weddinggarment:
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And he saith unto him,Friend,how camest thou in hithernothaving a weddinggarment?And he was speechless .
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Thensaid the king to the servants,Bindhimhandandfoot, and takehimaway , andcast him intoouterdarkness;there shall beweepingandgnashing of teeth.
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Thenwent the Pharisees, and tookcounselhow they might entanglehimin his talk.
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And they sent out unto himtheirdiscipleswith the Herodians,saying , Master, we knowthat thou arttrue,andteachest the way of Godintruth*, neithercarestthouforany man: for thou regardestnottheperson of men.
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Tellustherefore,Whatthinkestthou? Is it lawful to givetribute unto Caesar,ornot?
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ButJesusperceivedtheirwickedness, and said , Why tempt yeme, ye hypocrites?
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Shewme the tributemoney.And they brought unto him a penny.
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And he saith unto them,Whose is thisimageandsuperscription ?
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They say unto him,Caesar's.Then saith he unto them,Rendertherefore unto Caesar the things which areCaesar's;and unto God the things that areGod's.
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When they had heard these words, they marvelled , andlefthim, and went their way .
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The same*daycame to him the Sadducees,whichsay that there isnoresurrection,andaskedhim,
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Saying , Master,Mosessaid , If a mandie , havingnochildren,hisbrother shall marryhiswife,and raise upseed unto hisbrother.
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Now there werewithussevenbrethren:and the first, when he had married a wife , deceased , and,havingnoissue,lefthiswife unto hisbrother:
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Likewise the secondalso,and the third,unto the seventh.