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Matthew 22 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Parable of the Wedding Feast

(Luk 14:15–24 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 -

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - “The kingdom of heaven [fn]may be compared to [fn]a king who [fn]gave a wedding feast for his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been called, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:5 - “But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own [fn]farm, another to his business,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - “But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - ‘Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, call to the wedding feast.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - “And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with [fn]dinner guests.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 - “For many are [fn]called, but few are chosen.”

Taxes to Caesar

(Mar 12:13–17; Luk 20:20–26 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:15 -

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel together about how they might trap Him [fn]in what He said.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 [fn]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:17 - “Therefore, tell us, what do You think? Is it [fn]lawful to give a tax to Caesar, or not?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:19 - “Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a [fn]denarius.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:20 - And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:21 - They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:22 - And hearing this, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away.

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

(Mar 12:18–27; Luk 20:27–40 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:23 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:24 - saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE AND RAISE UP A SEED FOR HIS BROTHER.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:25 - “Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no [fn]seed, he left his wife to his brother;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:26 - so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:27 - “And last of all, the woman died.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:28 - “In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:29 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:30 - “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - “But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:33 - And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

The Foremost Commandment

(Mar 12:28–34; Luk 10:25–28 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:34 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35 - And one of them, a scholar of the Law, asked Him a question, testing Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE [fn]LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:38 - “This is the great and [fn]foremost commandment.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:39 - “And the second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - “On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
(Mar 12:35–37; Luk 20:41–44 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:41 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:42 - saying, “What do you think about [fn]the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:43 - He *said to them, “Then how does David [fn]in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:44 -

‘THE [fn]LORD SAID TO MY LORD,

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET”’?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:45 -

“Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:46 - And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him [fn]another question.
LSB Footnotes
Lit was compared to
Lit a man, a king
Lit made
Or field
Lit those reclining at the table
Or invited
Lit in word
Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone;
Or permissible
A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
Or offspring
Or knowing
In OT, Yahweh, cf. Deut 6:5
Or first
Messiah
Or by inspiration
In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ps 110:1
Lit any longer
*
See the LSB Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.
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