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Matthew 22 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Parable of the Wedding Feast
The Marriage of the King’s Son
(Luke 14:15–24 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:5 - “But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - “And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - “But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - ‘Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - “So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - “So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - “Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and[fn] cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 - “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?
(Mark 12:13–17; Luke 20:20–26 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:15 - Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 - And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:17 - “Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:19 - “Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:20 - And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:21 - They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:22 - When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?
(Mark 12:18–27; Luke 20:27–40 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:23 - The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:24 - saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:25 - “Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:26 - “Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:27 - “Last of all the woman died also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:28 - “Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:29 - Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:30 - “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God[fn] in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - “But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[fn] God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:33 - And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?
(Mark 12:28–34; Luke 10:25–28 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:34 - But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35 - Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:38 - “This is the first and great commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:39 - “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?
(Mark 12:35–37; Luke 20:41–44 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:41 - While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:42 - saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:43 - He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:44 - ‘The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’ ?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:45 - “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:46 - And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text omits take him away, and.
NU-Text omits of God.
Exodus 3:6, 15
Deuteronomy 6:5
Leviticus 19:18
Psalm 110:1
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