And Jesus
answered and spake unto them again by parables,
and said,
02 The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a certain king, which made a marriage for
his son,
03 And sent forth his
servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
04 Again, he sent forth
other servants, saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage.
05 But they made light of
it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another
to his merchandise:
06 And the remnant took his
servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew
them.
07 But when the king heard
thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned
up their city.
08 Then saith he to his
servants, The wedding is ready, but they which
were bidden were not worthy.
09 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 him into outer darkness, there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but
few are chosen.
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, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute
money. And they brought unto him a
penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is
this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's.
Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are
Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
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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 is like
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.
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