22:1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
22:2 “The kingdom of heaven ①is like ②a king who ③held a wedding feast for his son.
▷ ①Lit has been compared to ②Lit a man, a king ③Lit made
22:3 And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!” ’
22:5 But they paid no attention and went their separate ways, one to his own ①farm, another to his business,
▷ ①Or field
22:6 and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and then killed them.
22:7 Now the king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
22:8 Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
22:9 So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.’
22:10 Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good; and the wedding hall was filled with ①dinner guests.
▷ ①Lit those reclining at the table
22:11 “But when the king came in to look over the ①dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
▷ ①Lit those reclining at the table
22:12 and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.
22:13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.’
22:14 For many are ①called, but few are chosen.”
▷ ①Or invited
22:15 Then the Pharisees went and ①plotted together how they might trap Him ②in what He said.
▷ ①Lit took counsel ②Lit in word
22:16 And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ①do not care what anyone thinks; for You ②are not partial to anyone.
▷ ①Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone; ②Lit do not look at the face of people
22:17 Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ①permissible to pay a ②poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
▷ ①Or lawful; i.e., by Jewish law and tradition ②I.e., a tax on each person in the census
22:18 But Jesus perceived their ①malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
▷ ①Or wickedness
22:19 Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a ①denarius.
▷ ①The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
22:20 And He *said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
22:21 They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
22:22 And hearing this, they were amazed; and they left Him and went away.
22:23 On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to ①Jesus and questioned Him,
▷ ①Lit Him
22:24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up ①children for his brother.’
▷ ①Lit seed
22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first married and died, and having no ①children, he left his wife to his brother.
▷ ①Lit seed
22:26 It was the same also with the second brother, and the third, down to the seventh.
22:27 Last of all, the woman died.
22:28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her in marriage.”
22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, since you do not ①understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.
▷ ①Or know
22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
22:31 But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
22:32 ‘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.”
22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
22:35 And one of them, ①a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him:
▷ ①I.e., an expert in the Mosaic Law
22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
22:37 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.’
22:38 This is the great and ①foremost commandment.
▷ ①Or first
22:39 The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
22:40 Upon these two commandments ①hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
▷ ①I.e., completely depend
22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:
22:42 “What do you think about the ①Christ? Whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”
▷ ①I.e., Messiah
22:43 He *said to them, “Then ①how does David ②in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,
▷ ①Or in what sense does ②I.e., by inspiration
22:44 ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES UNDER YOUR FEET” ’?
22:45 Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ ①how is He his son?”
▷ ①Or in what sense is
22:46 No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.