Matthew 22

1 Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

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

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

4 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 paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

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

6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

7 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 he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

9 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 gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

10 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 see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

12 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 the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

13 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 called, but few are chosen.”

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

16 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

16 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 tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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

18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

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

19 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

20 “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

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

21 “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

21 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 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

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

23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

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

24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

24 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 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

25 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 brothers, down to the seventh.

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

27 And last of all, the woman died.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

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

29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

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

30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

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 you not read what God said to you:

31 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, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

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 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

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

34 And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

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

37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

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 greatest commandment.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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

40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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

41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

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

42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

43 He saith unto them, How then doth 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.”’

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

45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

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

46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

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