Matthew 22
1 Jesus spoke to them using more illustrated stories.
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who organized a wedding celebration for his son,” Jesus explained.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 “He sent out his servants to everyone who was invited to the wedding to tell them to come, but they refused.
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 So he sent out more servants, with the instructions, ‘Tell those who are invited that I've prepared the wedding banquet. The bulls and fattened calves have been killed—everything's ready. So come to the wedding!’
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they ignored the invitation and left. One went to his fields; another to take care of his business.
But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew [them].
7 The king became furious. He sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their town.
But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited didn't deserve to attend.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go into the streets and invite everyone you find to come to the wedding.’
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So the servants went out into the streets and brought back everyone they could find, both the good and the bad. The wedding hall was full.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who didn't have a wedding robe on.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 He asked him, ‘My friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ The man had nothing to say.
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then the king told his servants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and throw him out into the dark, where there'll be crying and grinding of teeth.’
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
For many are called, but few [are] chosen.
15 Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said.
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.
16 They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters. “Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status.
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, “Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites?
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, [ye] hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax.” They brought a denarius coin to him.
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 “Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?” he asked them.
And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?
21 “Caesar's,” they replied. “You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
22 When they heard Jesus' answer they were stunned. They went away and left him.
When they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
23 Later the same day some Sadducees came to see him. (They are the ones who say there's no resurrection.)
The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 They asked him, “Teacher, Moses said that if a married man dies without having children, his brother should marry his widow and have children on behalf of his brother.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Well, once there were seven brothers here with us. The first married, and died, and since he had no children he left his widow to his brother.
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 The same thing happened to the second and third husband, right up to the seventh.
Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 In the end the woman died too.
And last of all the woman died also.
28 So when the resurrection takes place, whose wife of the seven brothers will she be, for she married all of them?”
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven.
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you,
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He's not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
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 When the crowds heard what he said, they were amazed at his teaching.
And when the multitude heard [this], they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 When the Pharisees heard that he'd left the Sadducees speechless, they got together and went to ask some more questions.
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 One of them, who was a legal expert, asked him a question to try to trap him:
Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus told them, “‘Love the Lord your God in all you think, in all you feel, and in all you do.’
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 greatest commandment, the first commandment.
This is the first and great commandment.
39 The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 All biblical law and the writings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them a question.
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 “What do you think about the Messiah?” he asked. “Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David.
43 “But how can David under inspiration call him ‘Lord’?” Jesus asked them. “He says,
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit down at my right hand until I defeat all your enemies.’
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David called him Lord, how can he be his son?”
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 Nobody could answer him, and from then on nobody dared to ask him any more questions.
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any [man] from that day forth ask him any more [questions.]
