Matthew 22:1 (BSB)
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

Matthew 22:2 (BSB)
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

Matthew 22:3 (BSB)
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

Matthew 22:4 (BSB)
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Matthew 22:5 (BSB)
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

Matthew 22:6 (BSB)
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 22:7 (BSB)
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

Matthew 22:8 (BSB)
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9 (BSB)
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

Matthew 22:10 (BSB)
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Matthew 22:11 (BSB)
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

Matthew 22:12 (BSB)
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

Matthew 22:13 (BSB)
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 22:14 (BSB)
For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 22:15 (BSB)
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

Matthew 22:16 (BSB)
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

Matthew 22:17 (BSB)
So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Matthew 22:18 (BSB)
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

Matthew 22:19 (BSB)
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

Matthew 22:20 (BSB)
“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

Matthew 22:21 (BSB)
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Matthew 22:22 (BSB)
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Matthew 22:23 (BSB)
That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

Matthew 22:24 (BSB)
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Matthew 22:25 (BSB)
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26 (BSB)
The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:27 (BSB)
And last of all, the woman died.

Matthew 22:28 (BSB)
In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

Matthew 22:29 (BSB)
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 22:30 (BSB)
In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:31 (BSB)
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

Matthew 22:32 (BSB)
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Matthew 22:33 (BSB)
When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Matthew 22:34 (BSB)
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

Matthew 22:35 (BSB)
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Matthew 22:36 (BSB)
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37 (BSB)
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:38 (BSB)
This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matthew 22:39 (BSB)
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:40 (BSB)
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:41 (BSB)
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

Matthew 22:42 (BSB)
“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

Matthew 22:43 (BSB)
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

Matthew 22:44 (BSB)
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

Matthew 22:45 (BSB)
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

Matthew 22:46 (BSB)
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.