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Themes in Matthew 22
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Themes in Matthew 22

Matthew 22:1

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:

Matthew 22:2

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who arranged a marriage for his son,

Matthew 22:3

and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; but they were not willing to come.

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.'"

Matthew 22:5

But they made light of it and went off, one to his own farm, another to his business.

Matthew 22:6

And the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

Matthew 22:7

The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9

Go therefore to the highways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.'

Matthew 22:10

And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:11

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

Matthew 22:12

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen."

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and you care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.

Matthew 22:17

Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:19

Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.

Matthew 22:20

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

Matthew 22:21

They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Matthew 22:22

When they heard it, they marveled; and they left him and went away.

Matthew 22:23

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question,

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saying, "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.

Matthew 22:25

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and having no children, he left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26

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

Matthew 22:27

After them all, the woman died.

Matthew 22:28

Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 22:30

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

Matthew 22:31

But as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

Matthew 22:32

'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

And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

Matthew 22:34

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

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.

Matthew 22:36

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

Matthew 22:37

Jesus 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 first commandment.

Matthew 22:39

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

Matthew 22:40

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

Matthew 22:41

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

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

Matthew 22:43

He said to them, "How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord', saying,

Matthew 22:44

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

Matthew 22:45

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

Matthew 22:46

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