1And Jesus answered and spake unto them again
by parables, and said,
2The
kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which
made a marriage for his son,
3And
sent forth his servants to call them that were
bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4Again,
he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them
which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner:
my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready:
come unto the marriage.
5But
they made light of it,
and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his
merchandise:
6And
the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully,
and slew them.
7But
when the king heard thereof,
he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8Then
saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but
they which were bidden were not worthy.
9Go
ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye
shall find, bid to the marriage.
10So
those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together all as many as they found, both
bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with
guests.
11And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12And
he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither
not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and
foot, and take him away, and cast him into
outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
14For
many are called, but few are chosen.
15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel
how they might entangle him in his talk.
16And they sent out unto him their disciples
with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that
thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth,
neither carest thou for any man:
for thou regardest not the person of men.
17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is
it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and
said, Why
tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19Shew
me the tribute money. And they brought unto
him a penny.
20And he saith unto them, Whose is this
image and superscription?
21They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he
unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's;
and unto God the things that are God's.
22When they had heard these
words, they marvelled, and left him, and went
their way.
23The same day came to him the Sadducees,
which say that there is no resurrection, and asked
him,
24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die,
having no children, his brother shall marry his
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren: and
the first, when he had married a wife, deceased,
and, having no issue, left his wife unto his
brother:
26Likewise the second also, and the third,
unto the seventh.
27And last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife
shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye
do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of
God.
30For
in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in
heaven.
31But
as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
not read that which was spoken unto you by God,
saying,
32I
am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of
the living.
33And when the multitude heard this,
they were astonished at his doctrine.
34But when the Pharisees had heard that he
had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered
together.
35Then one of them, which
was a lawyer, asked him
a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the
great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This
is the first and great commandment.
39And
the second is like
unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On
these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
41While the Pharisees were gathered together,
Jesus asked them,
42Saying, What
think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say
unto him, The
Son of David.
43He saith unto them, How
then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45If
David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46And no man was able to answer him a
word, neither durst any man from
that day forth ask him any more questions.
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