And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,
The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a king which made a marriage-feast for his son,
and sent forth his bondmen to call those who had been called to the marriage-feast; and they would not come.
Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Tell those that have been called, Behold, my dinner I have made ready: mine oxen and my fatlings are slaughtered; and all things [are] ready: come to the marriage-feast.
But they slighted [it] and went off, one to his own land, another to his traffic;
and the rest, seizing his bondmen, insulted and killed [them].
And the king was wroth and, sending his troops, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
Then saith he to his bondmen, The marriage-feast is ready, but those that were called were not worthy.
Go therefore unto the outlets of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call to the marriage-feast.
And those bondmen went out to the roads, and gathered together all as many as they found, both wicked and good; and the marriage-feast was filled with guests.
And the king on coming in to behold the guests saw there a man not clothed with a marriage-garment;
and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in here not having a marriage-garment? But he was speechless.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
For many are called, but few chosen.
Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for anyone, for thou regardest not men’s person;
tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
Show me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?
They say to him, Caesar’s. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar’s to Caesar, and what is God’s to God.
And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.
On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.
Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.
In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.
And last of all the woman also died.
In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.
And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine.
But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.
And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.
This is [the] great and first commandment.
And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,
saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David’s.
He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,
The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?
If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?
And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question him anymore.