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Parable of the Marriage Feast

¹ Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,² "^(C1)The kingdom of heaven ^(F1)is like ^(F2)a king who ^(F3)held a ^(C2)wedding feast for his son.³ "And he ^(C1)sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.⁴ "Again he ^(C1)sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!"'⁵ "But they paid no attention and went their separate ways, one to his own ^(F1)farm, another to his business,⁶ and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and then killed them.⁷ "Now the king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.⁸ "Then he ^(*)said to his slaves, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.⁹ 'So go to ^(C1)the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.'¹⁰ "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good; and the wedding hall was filled with ^(F1)dinner guests.

¹¹ "But when the king came in to look over the ^(F1)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 get in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.¹³ "Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into ^(C1)the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.'¹⁴ "For many are ^(F1)(C1)called, but few are ^(C1)chosen."

Poll-tax to Caesar

^15 (C1)Then the Pharisees went and ^(F1)plotted together how they might trap Him ^(F2)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)do not care what anyone thinks; for You ^(F2)are not partial to anyone.¹⁷ "Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ^(F1)permissible to pay a ^(F2)(C1)poll-tax to ^(C2)Caesar, or not?"¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their ^(F1)malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?¹⁹ "Show Me the ^(C1)coin used for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a ^(F1)denarius.²⁰ And He ^(*)said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"²¹ They ^(*)said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."²² And hearing this, they were amazed; and ^(C1)they left Him and went away.

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

^23 (C1)On that day some ^(C2)Sadducees (who say ^(C3)there is no resurrection) came to ^(F1)Jesus and questioned Him,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 ^(F1)children for his brother.'²⁵ "Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first married and died, and having no ^(F1)children, he left his wife to his brother.²⁶ It was the same also with the second brother, and the third, down to the seventh.²⁷ "Last of all, the woman died.²⁸ "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her in marriage."

²⁹ But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, ^(C1)since you do not ^(F1)understand 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:³² '^(C1)I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."³³ When the crowds heard this, ^(C1)they were astonished at His teaching.

^34 (C1)But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^(C2)the Sadducees, they gathered together.³⁵ And one of them, ^(F1)(C1)a lawyer, 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 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 "The second is like it, '^(C1)YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'⁴⁰ "^(C1)Upon these two commandments ^(F1)hang the whole Law and the Prophets."

^41 (C1)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:⁴² "What do you think about the ^(F1)Christ? Whose son is He?" They ^(*)said to Him, "^(C1)The son of David."⁴³ He ^(*)said to them, "Then ^(F1)how does David ^(F2)(C1)in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,

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