Matthew 22

¹And Jesus answering, spake again in parables to them, saying:

²The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man being a king, which made a marriage to his son.

³And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not come.

⁴Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner; my beeves & fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage.

⁵But they neglected and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise:

⁶and the rest laid hands upon his servants, and spitefully entreating them, murdered them.

⁷But when the king had heard of it, he was wroth, and sending his hosts, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

⁸Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready: but they that were invited, were not worthy.

⁹Go ye therefore into the high ways; and whosoever you shall find, call to the marriage.

¹⁰And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.

¹¹And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man not attired in a wedding garment.

¹²And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was dumb.

¹³Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping & gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴For many be called, but few elect.

¹⁵Then the Pharisees departing, consulted among themselves for to entrap him in his talk.

¹⁶And they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man. For thou dost not respect the person of men:

¹⁷Tell us therefore what is thy opinion, is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?

¹⁸But Jesus knowing their naughtiness, said: What do you tempt me Hypocrites?

¹⁹Shew me the tribute coin. And they offered him a penny.

²⁰And Jesus saith to them: Whose is this image and superscription?

²¹They say to him, Cæsar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore the things that are Cæsar's, to Cæsar: and the things that are God's, to God.

²²And hearing it they marveled, and leaving him went their ways.

²³That day there came to him the Sadducees, that say there is no resurrection, and asked him,

²⁴saying: Master, Moyses said, If a man die not having a child, that his brother marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁵And there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.

²⁶In like manner the second and the third even to the seventh.

²⁷And last of all the woman died also.

²⁸In the Resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? For they all had her.

²⁹And Jesus answering, said to them: You do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰For in the resurrection neither shall they marry nor be married: but are as the Angels of God in Heaven.

³¹And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken of God saying to you.

³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.

³³And the multitudes hearing it, marveled at his doctrine.

³⁴But the Pharisees hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, came together:

³⁵and one of them a doctor of law asked of him, tempting him:

³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁷Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.

³⁸This is the greatest & the first commandment.

³⁹And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁴⁰On these two commandments dependeth the whole Law and the Prophets.

⁴¹And the Pharisees being assembled, Jesus asked them

⁴²saying: What is your opinion of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.

⁴³He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:

⁴⁴The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I put thine enemies the foot-stool of thy feet?

⁴⁵If David therefore call him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶And no man could answer him a word: neither durst any man from that day ask him any more.