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AND Jesus continuing his discourse, spake again to them in parables, saying, ²The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage-feast for his son: ³and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the entertainment: and they would not come. ⁴Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and the fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage-feast. ⁵But they gave themselves no concern about it, and went their several ways, one to his own farm, and another to his traffick: ⁶And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them. ⁷Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down their city. ⁸Then he said to his servants, The wedding entertainment indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy: ⁹go therefore into the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as ye find, invite to the banquet. ¹⁰So these servants going out into the roads, collected all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding feast was fully furnished with guests. ¹¹Then the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man who had not put on the wedding garment: ¹²and he saith to him, Friend, how came thou in here, not having the garment provided for the marriage feast? And he was speechless. ¹³Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴For many are called, but few elect.

¹⁵Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel together how they might lay a snare to entrap him in his discourse. ¹⁶And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God with veracity; and carest for no man, for thou regardest not the person of men: ¹⁷tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to pay tribute to Cæsar, or not? ¹⁸But Jesus knew their wicked design, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? ¹⁹Shew me the money for the tribute; and they brought him a denarius. ²⁰And he saith unto them, Whose figure is this and inscription? ²¹They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he to them, Render therefore to Cæsar, the things which are Cæsar’s; and to God, the things which are God’s. ²²And when they heard him, they marvelled, and leaving him, went away.

²³On the same day the Sadducees came to him, who say, that there is no resurrection, and they put a question to him, ²⁴saying, Master, Moses said, “If a man die having no children, his brother in right of affinity shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.” ²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first marrying, died, and had no offspring, and left his wife to his brother; ²⁶likewise the second also; then the third; so on to the seven. ²⁷Last of all the woman died also. ²⁸In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. ²⁹Jesus then answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing the Scriptures, and the power of God. ³⁰For at the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. ³¹But with respect to the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you of 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. ³³And when the multitude heard it, they were amazingly struck with his doctrine.

³⁴But the Pharisees hearing that he had stopped the Sadducees’ mouths, they assembled together: ³⁵and one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, to make trial of him, and said, ³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law? ³⁷Then Jesus said to 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 to it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” ⁴⁰On these two commandments, the whole law and the prophets depend.

⁴¹The Pharisees being then assembled, Jesus put a question to them, ⁴²saying, What think ye of the Messiah, whose son is he? They say unto him, David’s. ⁴³He saith unto them, How then doth David by the Spirit call him Lord? saying, ⁴⁴“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thine enemies as a footstool for thy feet.” ⁴⁵If then David calleth him Lord, how is he his son? ⁴⁶And no man could answer him a word, neither durst any man, from that day, interrogate him any more.