¹Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables , saying ,

²“ The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king , who made a wedding feast for his son ,

³and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast , but they would not come .

⁴Again he sent out other servants , saying , ‘ Tell those who are invited , “ Behold , I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed , and all things are ready . Come to the wedding feast !”’

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

⁶and the rest grabbed his servants , treated them shamefully, and killed them .

⁷When the king heard that , he was angry , and sent his armies , destroyed those murderers , and burnt their city .

⁸“ Then he said to his servants , ‘ The wedding is ready , but those who were invited weren’ t worthy.

⁹Go therefore to the intersections of the highways , and as many as you may find , invite to the wedding feast .’

¹⁰Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found , both bad and good . The wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹“ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’ t have on wedding clothing ,

¹²and he said to him , ‘ Friend , how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing ?’ He was speechless .

¹³Then the king said to the servants , ‘ Bind him hand and foot , take him away , and throw him into the outer darkness . That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be .’

¹⁴For many are called , but few chosen .”

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

¹⁶They sent their disciples to him , along with the Herodians , saying , “Teacher , we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach ; for you aren’t partial to anyone .

¹⁷Tell us therefore , what do you think ? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar , or not ?”

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness , and said , “ Why do you test me , you hypocrites ?

¹⁹Show me the tax money .”

They brought to him a denarius .

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

²¹They said to him , “Caesar ’s.”

Then he said to them , “ Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar ’s, and to God the things that are God ’s.”

²²When they heard it , they marvelled , and left him and went away.

²³On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him . They asked him ,

²⁴saying , “Teacher , Moses said , ‘If a man dies, having no children , his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’[#22:24 or, seed]

²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died , and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.

²⁶In the same way , the second also , and the third , to the seventh .

²⁷After them all , the woman died .

²⁸In the resurrection therefore , whose wife will she be of the seven ? For they all had her .”

²⁹But Jesus answered them , “ You are mistaken , not knowing the Scriptures , nor the power of God .

³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage , but are like God ’s angels in heaven .

³¹But concerning the resurrection of the dead , haven’ t you read that which was spoken to 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 .”[#Exodus 3:6]

³³When the multitudes heard it , they were astonished at his teaching .

³⁴But the Pharisees , when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees , gathered themselves together .

³⁵One of them , a lawyer , asked him a question , testing him .

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

³⁷Jesus said to him , “‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart , with all your soul , and with all your mind .’[#Deuteronomy 6:5]

³⁸This is the first and great commandment .

³⁹A second likewise is this , ‘ You shall love your neighbour as yourself .’[#Leviticus 19:18]

⁴⁰The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments .”

⁴¹Now while the Pharisees were gathered together , Jesus asked them a question ,

⁴²saying , “ What do you think of the Christ ? Whose son is he ?”

They said to him , “Of David .”

⁴³He said to them , “ How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord , saying ,

⁴⁴‘ The Lord said to my Lord ,

sit on my right hand ,

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet ’?

⁴⁵“ If then David calls him Lord , how is he his son ?”

⁴⁶No one was able to answer him a word , neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.