22Matthew 22

1And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables, and said,Select Matthew 22:1

2The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,Select Matthew 22:2

3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.Select Matthew 22:3

4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatted calves are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage.Select Matthew 22:4

5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:Select Matthew 22:5

6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.Select Matthew 22:6

7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.Select Matthew 22:7

8Then says he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.Select Matthew 22:8

9Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage.Select Matthew 22:9

10So 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. ¶Select Matthew 22:10

11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:Select Matthew 22:11

12And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.Select Matthew 22:12

13Then 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.Select Matthew 22:13

14For many are called, but few are chosen. ¶Select Matthew 22:14

15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.Select Matthew 22:15

16And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care you for any man: for you regard not the person of men.Select Matthew 22:16

17Tell us therefore, What think you? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?Select Matthew 22:17

18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt you me, you hypocrites?Select Matthew 22:18

19Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a penny.Select Matthew 22:19

20And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription?Select Matthew 22:20

21They say to him, Caesar’s. Then says he to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.Select Matthew 22:21

22When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way. ¶Select Matthew 22:22

23The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,Select Matthew 22:23

24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.Select Matthew 22:24

25Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife to his brother:Select Matthew 22:25

26Likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh.Select Matthew 22:26

27And last of all the woman died also.Select Matthew 22:27

28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.Select Matthew 22:28

29Jesus answered and said to them, You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.Select Matthew 22:29

30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.Select Matthew 22:30

31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,Select Matthew 22:31

32I 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.Select Matthew 22:32

33And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. ¶Select Matthew 22:33

34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.Select Matthew 22:34

35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,Select Matthew 22:35

36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?Select Matthew 22:36

37Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.Select Matthew 22:37

38This is the first and great commandment.Select Matthew 22:38

39And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.Select Matthew 22:39

40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ¶Select Matthew 22:40

41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,Select Matthew 22:41

42Saying, What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David.Select Matthew 22:42

43He says to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,Select Matthew 22:43

44The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?Select Matthew 22:44

45If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?Select Matthew 22:45

46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.Select Matthew 22:46