<h3>The Parable of the Wedding Feast</h3>22 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 <woj> “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,</woj> 3 <woj>and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.</woj> 4 <woj> Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’</woj> 5 <woj>But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,</woj> 6 <woj>while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.</woj> 7 <woj>The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.</woj> 8 <woj>Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.</woj> 9 <woj>Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’</woj> 10 <woj>And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.</woj> 11 <woj>“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.</woj> 12 <woj>And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.</woj> 13 <woj>Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’</woj> 14 <woj>For many are called, but few are chosen.”</woj> <h3>Paying Taxes to Caesar</h3> 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. 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, <woj>“Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?</woj> 19 <woj>Show me the coin for the tax.”</woj> And they brought him a denarius. 20 And Jesus said to them, <woj>“Whose likeness and inscription is this?”</woj> 21 They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, <woj> “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”</woj> 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away. <h3>Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection</h3> 23 The same day Sadducees 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 offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring 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, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.” 29 But Jesus answered them, <woj>“You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.</woj> 30 <woj>For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.</woj> 31 <woj>And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:</woj> 32 <woj> ‘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.”</woj> 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. <h3>The Great Commandment</h3> 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered 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, <woj> “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.</woj> 38 <woj>This is the great and first commandment.</woj> 39 <woj>And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.</woj> 40 <woj> On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”</woj> <h3>Whose Son Is the Christ?</h3> 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, <woj>“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?”</woj> They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, <woj>“How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,</woj><poetry> 44 <poetry><woj> “‘The Lord said to my Lord,</woj> <woj>“Sit at my right hand,</woj> <indent><woj>until I put your enemies under your feet”’?</woj></indent></poetry></poetry> 45 <woj>If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”</woj> 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Matthew 22:1

And again Jesus <cr>1</cr>spoke to them in parables, saying,

<woj><cr>1</cr>“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave <cr>2</cr>a wedding feast for his son,</woj>

Matthew 22:2

<woj>and <cr>1</cr>sent his servants<ft>1</ft> to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.</woj>

Matthew 22:3

<woj><cr>1</cr>Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my <cr>2</cr>dinner, <cr>3</cr>my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’</woj>

Matthew 22:4

<woj>But <cr>1</cr>they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,</woj>

Matthew 22:5

<woj>while the rest seized his servants, <cr>1</cr>treated them shamefully, and <cr>2</cr>killed them.</woj>

Matthew 22:6

<woj>The king was angry, and he sent his troops and <cr>1</cr>destroyed those murderers and burned their city.</woj>

Matthew 22:7

<woj>Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not <cr>1</cr>worthy.</woj>

Matthew 22:8

<woj>Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’</woj>

Matthew 22:9

<woj>And those servants went out into the roads and <cr>1</cr>gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.</woj>

Matthew 22:10

<woj>“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there <cr>1</cr>a man who had no wedding garment.</woj>

Matthew 22:11

<woj>And he said to him, <cr>1</cr>‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.</woj>

Matthew 22:12

<woj>Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and <cr>1</cr>cast him into the outer darkness. In that place <cr>2</cr>there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’</woj>

Matthew 22:13

<woj>For many are <cr>1</cr>called, but few are <cr>2</cr>chosen.”</woj>

Matthew 22:14

Matthew 22:15

<cr>1</cr>Then the Pharisees went and plotted how <cr>2</cr>to entangle him in his words.

And they sent <cr>1</cr>their disciples to him, along with <cr>2</cr>the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, <cr>3</cr>we know that you are true and teach <cr>4</cr>the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for <cr>5</cr>you are not swayed by appearances.<ft>1</ft>

Matthew 22:16

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay <cr>1</cr>taxes to <cr>2</cr>Caesar, or not?”

Matthew 22:17

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, <woj>“Why <cr>1</cr>put me to the test, you hypocrites?</woj>

Matthew 22:18

<woj>Show me the coin for the tax.”</woj> And they brought him a denarius.<ft>1</ft>

Matthew 22:19

And Jesus said to them, <woj>“Whose likeness and inscription is this?”</woj>

Matthew 22:20

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, <woj><cr>1</cr>“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”</woj>

Matthew 22:21

When they heard it, they marveled. And they <cr>1</cr>left him and went away.

Matthew 22:22

Matthew 22:23

The same day <cr>1</cr>Sadducees came to him, <cr>2</cr>who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, <cr>1</cr>‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Matthew 22:24

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:25

So too the second and third, down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:26

Matthew 22:27

In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

Matthew 22:28

But Jesus answered them, <woj>“You are wrong, <cr>1</cr>because you know neither the Scriptures nor <cr>2</cr>the power of God.</woj>

Matthew 22:29

<woj>For in the resurrection they neither <cr>1</cr>marry nor <cr>2</cr>are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.</woj>

Matthew 22:30

<woj>And as for the resurrection of the dead, <cr>1</cr>have you not read what was said to you by God:</woj>

Matthew 22:31

<woj><cr>1</cr>‘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.”</woj>

Matthew 22:32

And when the crowd heard it, <cr>1</cr>they were astonished at his teaching.

Matthew 22:33

Matthew 22:34

<cr>1</cr>But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced <cr>2</cr>the Sadducees, they gathered together.

<cr>1</cr>And one of them, <cr>2</cr>a lawyer, asked him a question <cr>3</cr>to test him.

Matthew 22:35

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

Matthew 22:36

And he said to him, <woj><cr>1</cr>“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.</woj>

Matthew 22:37

<woj>This is the great and first commandment.</woj>

Matthew 22:38

<woj>And <cr>1</cr>a second is like it: <cr>2</cr>You shall love your neighbor as yourself.</woj>

Matthew 22:39

<woj><cr>1</cr>On these two commandments depend <cr>2</cr>all the Law and the Prophets.”</woj>

Matthew 22:40

Matthew 22:41

<cr>1</cr>Now while the Pharisees <cr>2</cr>were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

saying, <woj>“What do you think about <cr>1</cr>the Christ? Whose son is he?”</woj> They said to him, <cr>2</cr>“The son of David.”

Matthew 22:42

He said to them, <woj>“How is it then that David, <cr>1</cr>in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,</woj><pb/><poetry>

Matthew 22:43

<woj><cr>1</cr>“‘The Lord said to my Lord,</woj> <woj>“Sit at my right hand,</woj> <indent><woj>until I put your enemies under your feet”’?</woj></indent></poetry>

Matthew 22:44

<woj>If then David calls him Lord, <cr>1</cr>how is he his son?”</woj>

Matthew 22:45

<cr>1</cr>And no one was able to answer him a word, <cr>2</cr>nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Matthew 22:46

 1 And again Jesus  spoke to them in parables, saying, 2  “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave  a wedding feast for his son, 3 and  sent his servants  to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4  Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my  dinner,  my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But  they paid no attention 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 feast is ready, but those invited were not  worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads 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. In that place  there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are  called, but few are  chosen.” 15  Then the Pharisees went and plotted how  to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent  their disciples to him, along with  the Herodians, saying, “Teacher,  we know that you are true and teach  the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for  you are not swayed by appearances.  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 coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.  20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them,  “Therefore render 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  Sadducees 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 offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring 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, of the seven, whose wife will she be? 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 Sadducees, they gathered 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 about  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,  in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,  44  “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45 If then David calls him Lord,  how is he his son?” 46  And no one was able to answer him a word,  nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

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