Matthew 22

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

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

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

4 Again he sent forth other servants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and myfatlings arekilled and all things areready come unto the marriage

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

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

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

9 Go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage

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

12 And he saith unto him Friend how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment And he was speechless

13 Then said the king to the servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast himinto outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

14 For many are called but few arechosen

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

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

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

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

20 And he saith unto them, Whose isthis image and superscription

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

23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked 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 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 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

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

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

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels of God in heaven

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 and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob God is not the God of the dead but of the living

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

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

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

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

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 great commandment

39 And the second islike unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself

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

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

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

43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord saying

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

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

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