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