22Matthew 22

1And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,Select Matthew 22:1

2The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,Select Matthew 22:2

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

4Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.Select Matthew 22:4

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

6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.Select Matthew 22:6

7But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.Select Matthew 22:7

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

9Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.Select Matthew 22:9

10And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.Select Matthew 22:10

11But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:Select Matthew 22:11

12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.Select Matthew 22:12

13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.Select Matthew 22:13

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

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

16And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.Select Matthew 22:16

17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?Select Matthew 22:17

18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?Select Matthew 22:18

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

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

21They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.Select Matthew 22:21

22And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.Select Matthew 22:22

23On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him,Select Matthew 22:23

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

25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;Select Matthew 22:25

26in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.Select Matthew 22:26

27And after them all, the woman died.Select Matthew 22:27

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

29But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye 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 angels in heaven.Select Matthew 22:30

31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto 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 multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.Select Matthew 22:33

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

35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:Select Matthew 22:35

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

37And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.Select Matthew 22:37

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

39And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Select Matthew 22:39

40On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.Select Matthew 22:40

41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,Select Matthew 22:41

42saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.Select Matthew 22:42

43He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,Select Matthew 22:43

44The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?Select Matthew 22:44

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

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