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¹ And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,² "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,³ and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come.⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.'⁵ But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,⁶ while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.⁷ The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.⁸ Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.⁹ Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'¹⁰ And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.¹¹ "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;¹² and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen."

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.¹⁶ And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero'di-ans, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.¹⁷ Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"¹⁸ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?¹⁹ Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a coin.²⁰ And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"²¹ They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."²² When they heard it, they marveled; and they left him and went away.

²³ The same day Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question,²⁴ saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.'²⁵ Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.²⁶ So too the second and third, down to the seventh.²⁷ After them all, the woman died.²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her."²⁹ But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.³¹ And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,³² 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."³³ And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

³⁴ But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together.³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.³⁶ "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"³⁷ 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.³⁸ This is the great and first commandment.³⁹ And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.⁴⁰ On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."

⁴¹ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,⁴² saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."⁴³ He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet'?⁴⁵ If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?"⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.