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1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
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And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
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The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,
3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
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and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
4 Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast. ”’
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Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
5 But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
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But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.
6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
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And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].
7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
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Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. ’
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go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
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And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
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And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? ’ And he was speechless.
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And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ’
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen. ”
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For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
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Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
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And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;
17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? ”
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tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin for the tax. ”And they brought him a denarius.
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Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this? ”
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And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?
21 They said, “Caesar’s. ” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. ”
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They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
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And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.
23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
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On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ’
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saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.
25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
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Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.
26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
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In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.
27 After them all, the woman died.
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And last of all the woman also died.
28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her. ”
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In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
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And Jesus answering said to them, Ye 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 like angels in heaven.
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For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
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But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. ”
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*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.
33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
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And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.
35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
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And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law? ”
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Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
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And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
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This is [the] great and first commandment.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets. ”
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On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
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And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,
42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he? ”They said to him, “The son of David. ”
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saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
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He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
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The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?
45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? ”
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If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
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And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.
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