1 A nd Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

2 “ The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

3 a nd sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

4 A gain, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’

5 B ut they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

6 A nd the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

7 B ut when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 T hen he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

9 T herefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

10 S o those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11 “ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

12 S o he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

13 T hen the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14 “ For many are called, but few are chosen.” The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

15 T hen the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

16 A nd they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

17 T ell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

18 B ut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

19 S how Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.

20 A nd He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”

21 T hey said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

22 W hen they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way. The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

23 T he same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

24 s aying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

25 N ow there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

26 L ikewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.

27 L ast of all the woman died also.

28 T herefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”

29 J esus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

30 F or in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

31 B ut concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

32 ‘ I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

33 A nd when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?

34 B ut when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

35 T hen one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

36 “ Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

37 J esus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

38 T his is the first and great commandment.

39 A nd the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 O n these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

41 W hile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 s aying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “ The Son of David.”

43 H e said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

44 ‘ The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’?

45 I f David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”

46 A nd no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.