1 And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
3 And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.
4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened
5 But they paid no attention
6 And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated
7 And the king was angry and sent his troops
8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.
9 Therefore, go out to the
10 And those slaves went out into the roads
11 But
12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?’ But
13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up
14 For many are called but few
15 Then the Pharisees went
16 And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and
17 Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
18 But
19 Show me the coin for the tax!” So they brought him a denarius.
20 And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription
21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!”
22 And
23 On that day Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and asked him,
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and
25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died
26 So also the second and the third, up 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 her
29 But Jesus answered
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31 Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,
32 “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob”?
33 And
34 Now
35 And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to
36 “Teacher, which commandment
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 greatest and first commandment.
39 And the second
40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
41 Now
42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David, by the Spirit, call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how is he his son?”
46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day