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Matt 22:1

& Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matt 22:2

& "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

Matt 22:3

& ~"And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

Matt 22:4

& ~"Again he sent out other slaves saying, `Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are {all} butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."'

Matt 22:5

& ~"But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

Matt 22:6

& and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

Matt 22:7

& ~"But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

Matt 22:8

& ~"Then he *said to his slaves, `The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Matt 22:9

& ~`Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find {there,} invite to the wedding feast.'

Matt 22:10

& ~"Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

Matt 22:11

& "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

Matt 22:12

& and he *said to him, `Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.

Matt 22:13

& ~"Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matt 22:14

& ~"For many are called, but few {are} chosen."

Matt 22:15

& Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

Matt 22:16

& And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

Matt 22:17

& ~"Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"

Matt 22:18

& But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

Matt 22:19

& ~"Show Me the coin {used} for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a denarius.

Matt 22:20

& And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"

Matt 22:21

& They *said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He *said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."

Matt 22:22

& And hearing {this,} they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

Matt 22:23

& On that day {some} Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,

Matt 22:24

& asking, "Teacher, Moses said, `IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.'

Matt 22:25

& ~"Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

Matt 22:26

& so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.