1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables , and said ,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king , which made a marriage for his son ,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding : and they would not come .
4 Again , 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 .
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways , one to his farm , another to his merchandise :
6 And the remnant took his servants , and entreated them spitefully , and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth his armies , and destroyed those murderers , and burned up their city .
8 Then saith he to his servants , The wedding is ready , but they which were bidden were not worthy .
9 Go ye therefore into the highways , and as many as ye shall find , bid to the marriage .
10 So 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 .
11 And when the king came in to see the guests , he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment :
12 And he saith unto him , Friend , how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment ? And he was speechless .
13 Then 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 .
14 For many are called , but few are chosen .
15 Then went the Pharisees , and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk .
16 And 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 .
17 Tell us therefore , What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar , or not ?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness , and said , Why tempt ye me , ye hypocrites ?
19 Shew me the tribute money . And they brought unto him a penny .
20 And he saith unto them , Whose is this image and superscription ?
21 They 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 .
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled , and left him , and went their way .
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees , which say that there is no resurrection , and asked him ,
24 Saying , Master , Moses said , If a man die , having no children , his brother shall marry his wife , and raise up seed unto his brother .
25 Now 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 :
26 Likewise the second also , and the third , unto the seventh .
27 And last of all the woman died also .
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her .
29 Jesus answered and said unto them , Ye do err , not knowing the scriptures , nor the power of God .
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry , nor are given in marriage , but are as the angels of God in heaven .
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead , have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God , saying ,
32 I 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 .
33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine .
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence , they were gathered together .
35 Then one of them , which was a lawyer , asked him a question, tempting him , and saying ,
36 Master , which is the great commandment in the law ?
37 G1161 Jesus said unto him , Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind .
38 This is the first and great commandment .
39 And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself .
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets .
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together , Jesus asked them ,
42 Saying , What think ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? They say unto him , The Son of David .
43 He saith unto them , How then doth David in spirit call him Lord , saying ,
44 The LORD said unto my Lord , Sit thou on my right hand , till I make thine enemies thy footstool ?
45 If David then call him Lord , how is he his son ?
46 And no man was able to answer him a word , neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
