And he said to him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

"Teacher, which commandment [is] greatest in the law?"

And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Now [when] the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same [place].

And the second [is] like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!

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

saying, "Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died [after] getting married, and [because he] did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother.

So also the second and the third, up to the seventh.

And [when] the crowds heard [this], they were amazed at his teaching.

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,

Now [while] the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them,

And last of all the woman died.

saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her [as wife]."

"I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob"? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!"

On that day Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and asked him,

For many are called but few [are] chosen."

On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened [cattle] have been slaughtered, and everything [is] ready. Come to the wedding celebration!" '

And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to [him] to test him:

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up {hand and foot} [and] throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

But [when] the king came in to see the {dinner guests}, he saw a man there not dressed [in] wedding clothes.

Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

This is the greatest and first commandment.

'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet" '?

He said to them, "How then does David, by the Spirit, call him 'Lord,' saying,

And [when they] heard [this], they were astonished, and they left him [and] went away.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?' But {he could say nothing}.

And the king was angry and sent his troops [and] destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

And those slaves went out into the roads [and] gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled {with dinner guests}.

And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated [them] and killed [them].

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.

But [because he] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

But they paid no attention [and] went away--this one to his own field, that one to his business.

And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?"

Therefore, go out to the [places where] the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding celebration as many [people] as you find.'

If then David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

Show me the coin for the tax!" So they brought him a denarius.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day [on] to ask him any more [questions].