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Chapter 22 |
| 1 | And Jesus
answered and spake 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, |
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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 my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto
the marriage. |
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5 | But they made light of it, and went their ways, one
to his farm, another to his merchandise: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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? |
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18 | But Jesus perceived their wickedness,
and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? |
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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. |
| 22 | When they
had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
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| 23 | The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him, |
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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.
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| 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. |
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31 | But as touching the resurrection of
the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
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| 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, |
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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. |
