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Themes in Matthew 22
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Themes in Matthew 22

Matthew 22:1

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

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Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

Matthew 22:5

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

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and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

Matthew 22:7

But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

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Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’

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Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

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“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes,

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and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

Matthew 22:16

And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

Matthew 22:17

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

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But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

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Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

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And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”

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They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 22:22

And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

Matthew 22:23

On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,

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asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’

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Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

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so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

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Last of all, the woman died.

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In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

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But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.

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

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But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

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‘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.”

Matthew 22:33

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Matthew 22:34

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

Matthew 22:35

One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37

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.’

Matthew 22:38

This is the great and foremost commandment.

Matthew 22:39

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

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On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

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“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”

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He *said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

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‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

Matthew 22:45

If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

Matthew 22:46

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.
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