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Themes in Matthew 22
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Themes in Matthew 22

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,

Matthew 22:2

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Matthew 22:3

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, and they would not come.

Matthew 22:4

He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" '

Matthew 22:5

But they took no notice of it, and went off, one to his estate, and another to his business,

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and the rest seized his slaves, and ill treated them and killed them.

Matthew 22:7

This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his slaves, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited have proved unworthy of it.

Matthew 22:9

So go out where the roads leave the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'

Matthew 22:10

So his slaves went out on the roads, and got together all the people they could find, good or bad, and the hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:11

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

Matthew 22:12

And he said to him, 'My friend, how did you happen to come here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness, there to weep and grind his teeth.'

Matthew 22:14

For many are invited but few chosen."

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to entrap him in argument.

Matthew 22:16

So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.

Matthew 22:17

So give us your opinion: Is it right to pay the poll-tax to the emperor, or not?"

Matthew 22:18

But he saw their malice, and said,

Matthew 22:19

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

Matthew 22:20

And he said to them, "Whose head and title is this?"

Matthew 22:21

They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!"

Matthew 22:22

And when they heard it they were amazed, and they went away and left him.

Matthew 22:23

On the same day some Sadducees came up to him, claiming that there is no resurrection, and they asked him this question:

Matthew 22:24

"Master, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first of them married and died, and as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

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so did the second, and the third, and the rest of the seven.

Matthew 22:27

After them all the woman died.

Matthew 22:28

At the resurrection which one's wife will she be? For they all married her."

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 22:30

For after the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

Matthew 22:31

But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God,

Matthew 22:32

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

Matthew 22:33

When the crowd heard this, they were astounded at his teaching.

Matthew 22:34

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

Matthew 22:35

and one of them, an expert in the Law, to test him, asked,

Matthew 22:36

"Master, what command is greatest in the Law?"

Matthew 22:37

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

Matthew 22:38

That is the great, first command.

Matthew 22:39

There is a second like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

Matthew 22:40

These two commands sum up the whole of the Law and the Prophets."

Matthew 22:41

While the Pharisees were still gathered there, Jesus asked them,

Matthew 22:42

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

Matthew 22:43

He said to them, "How is it then that David under the Spirit's influence calls him lord, and says,

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

Matthew 22:45

So if David calls him lord, how can he be his son?"

Matthew 22:46

And no one could make him any answer, and from that day no one ventured to ask him any more questions.
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