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Parable of the Wedding Feast

¹ And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,² "^(C1)The kingdom of heaven ^(F1)may be compared to ^(F2)a king who ^(F3)gave a ^(C2)wedding feast for his son.³ "And he ^(C1)sent out his slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.⁴ "Again he ^(C1)sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been called, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."'⁵ "But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own ^(F1)farm, another to his business,⁶ and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.⁷ "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.⁸ "Then he ^(*)said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.⁹ 'Go therefore to ^(C1)the main highways, and as many as you find there, call to the wedding feast.'¹⁰ "And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with ^(F1)dinner guests.

¹¹ "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw ^(C1)a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,¹² and he ^(*)said to him, '^(C1)Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.¹³ "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into ^(C1)the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'¹⁴ "For many are ^(F1)(C1)called, but few are ^(C1)chosen."

Taxes to Caesar

^15 (C1)Then the Pharisees went and took counsel together about how they might trap Him ^(F1)in what He said.¹⁶ And they ^(*)sent their disciples to Him, along with the ^(C1)Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ^(F1)defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.¹⁷ "Therefore, tell us, what do You think? Is it ^(F1)lawful to give a ^(C1)tax to ^(C2)Caesar, or not?"¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?¹⁹ "Show Me the ^(C1)coin used for the tax." And they brought Him a ^(F1)denarius.²⁰ And He ^(*)said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"²¹ They ^(*)said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)Therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."²² And hearing this, they marveled, and ^(C1)leaving Him, they went away.

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

^23 (C1)On that day some ^(C2)Sadducees (who say ^(C3)there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and asked Him a question,²⁴ saying, "Teacher, Moses said, '^(C1)IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE AND RAISE UP A SEED FOR HIS BROTHER.'²⁵ "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no ^(F1)seed, he left his wife to his brother;²⁶ so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.²⁷ "And last of all, the woman died.²⁸ "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."

²⁹ But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, ^(C1)not ^(F1)understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.³⁰ "For in the resurrection they neither ^(C1)marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.³¹ "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,³² '^(C1)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."³³ And when the crowds heard this, ^(C1)they were astonished at His teaching.

The Foremost Commandment

^34 (C1)But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^(C2)the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.³⁵ And one of them, ^(C1)a scholar of the Law, asked Him a question, testing Him,³⁶ "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"³⁷ And He said to him, "'^(C1)YOU SHALL LOVE THE ^(F1)LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'³⁸ "This is the great and ^(F1)foremost commandment.³⁹ "And the second is like it, '^(C1)YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'⁴⁰ "^(C1)On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets."

^41 (C1)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,⁴² saying, "What do you think about ^(F1)the Christ, whose son is He?" They ^(*)said to Him, "^(C1)The son of David."⁴³ He ^(*)said to them, "Then how does David ^(F1)(C1)in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,

⁴⁴ '^(C1)THE ^(F1)LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
"SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET"'?