Matthew
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Matthew 22 [Commentary]
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Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, |
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"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. |
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"And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. |
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"Again he sent out other slaves saying, `Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."' |
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"But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, |
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and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. |
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"But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. |
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"Then he *said to his slaves, `The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. |
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`Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' |
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"Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. |
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"But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, |
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and he *said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. |
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"Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' |
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"For many are called, but few are chosen." |
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Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. |
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And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. |
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"Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" |
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But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? |
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"Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a denarius. |
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And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" |
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They *said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He *said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's." |
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And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away. |
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On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, |
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asking, "Teacher, Moses said, `IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.' |
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"Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; |
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so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. |
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"Last of all, the woman died. |
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"In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." |
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But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. |
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"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. |
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"But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: |
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`I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
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When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. |
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But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. |
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One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, |
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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" |
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And He said to him, " `YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
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"This is the great and foremost commandment. |
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"The second is like it, `YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' |
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"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." |
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: |
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"What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?" They *said to Him, "The son of David." |
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He *said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him `Lord,' saying, |
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`THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET"'?
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"If David then calls Him `Lord,' how is He his son?" |
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No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. |
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