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Matt 22:1 |
AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying, |
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Matt 22:2 |
The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son |
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Matt 22:3 |
And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come. |
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Matt 22:4 |
Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast. |
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Matt 22:5 |
But they were not concerned and paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away--one to his farm, another to his business, |
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Matt 22:6 |
While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death. |
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Matt 22:7 |
[Hearing this] the king was infuriated; and he sent his soldiers and put those murderers to death and burned their city. |
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Matt 22:8 |
Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy. |
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Matt 22:9 |
So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. |
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Matt 22:10 |
And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests. |
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Matt 22:11 |
But when the king came in to view the guests, he looked intently at a man there who had on no wedding garment. |
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Matt 22:12 |
And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged). |
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Matt 22:13 |
Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. |
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Matt 22:14 |
For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen. |
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Matt 22:15 |
Then the Pharisees went and consulted and plotted together how they might entangle Jesus in His talk. |
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Matt 22:16 |
And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are sincere and what You profess to be and that You teach the way of God truthfully, regardless of consequences and being afraid of no man; for You are impartial and do not regard either the person or the position of anyone. |
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Matt 22:17 |
Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not? |
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Matt 22:18 |
But Jesus, aware of their malicious plot, asked, Why do you put Me to the test and try to entrap Me, you pretenders (hypocrites)? |
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Matt 22:19 |
Show me the money used for the tribute. And they brought Him a denarius. |
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Matt 22:20 |
And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and title are these? |
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Matt 22:21 |
They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God. |
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Matt 22:22 |
When they heard it they were amazed and marveled; and they left Him and departed. |
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Matt 22:23 |
The same day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and they asked Him a question, |
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Matt 22:24 |
Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother. [Deut. 25:5.] |
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Matt 22:25 |
Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. |
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Matt 22:26 |
The second also died childless, and the third, down to the seventh. |
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Matt 22:27 |
Last of all, the woman died also. |
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Matt 22:28 |
Now, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her. |
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Matt 22:29 |
But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God's power. |
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Matt 22:30 |
For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. |
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Matt 22:31 |
But as to the resurrection of the dead--have you never read what was said to you by God, |
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Matt 22:32 |
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living! [Exod. 3:6.] |
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Matt 22:33 |
And when the throng heard it, they were astonished and filled with [glad] amazement at His teaching. |
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Matt 22:34 |
Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together. |
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Matt 22:35 |
And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him. |
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Matt 22:36 |
Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light--which are heavy?] |
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Matt 22:37 |
And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). [Deut. 6:5.] |
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Matt 22:38 |
This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. |
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Matt 22:39 |
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18.] |
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Matt 22:40 |
These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets. |
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Matt 22:41 |
Now while the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus asked them a question, |
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Matt 22:42 |
Saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. |
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Matt 22:43 |
He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying, |
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Matt 22:44 |
The Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet? [Ps. 110:1.] |
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Matt 22:45 |
If then David thus calls Him Lord, how is He his Son? |
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Matt 22:46 |
And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day did anyone venture or dare to question Him. |
