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Matthew 22

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The Birth of Jesus 1:18–25
The Flight to Egypt 2:13–23
The Return to Nazareth 2:19–23
Jesus Begins His Ministry 4:12–25
You Have Heard It Said… 5:21–48
Anger and Reconciliation 5:21–26
Adultery 5:27–30
Divorce 5:31–32
Oaths and Vows 5:33–37
Love Your Enemies 5:38–48
The Lord Sees What is Done in Secret 6:1–34
The Lamp of the Body 6:22–24
Do Not Worry 6:25–34
Justice in the Kingdom of Heaven 7:1–27
A Tree and Its Fruit 7:15–23
The House on the Rock 7:24–27
The Authority of Jesus 7:28–29
The Cost of Discipleship 8:18–22
Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23–27
The Demons and the Pigs 8:28–34
Restoration in the Kingdom 9:18–31
The Woman Suffering from Bleeding 9:18–22
The Girl Raised from the Dead 9:23–26
Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute 9:27–34
The Lord of the Harvest 9:35–38
The Commissioning of the Twelve 10:1–42
The Ministry of the Twelve 10:5–42
Sheep among Wolves 10:16–25
Fear God Alone 10:26–31
Confessing Christ 10:32–33
Not Peace but a Sword 10:34–39
The reward of Service 10:40–42
John the Baptist in Prison 11:1–24
Woe to the Unrepentant 11:20–24
Rest for the Weary 11:25–30
Pharisees Oppose Jesus 12:15–45
A House Divided 12:22–30
The Unpardonable Sin 12:31–32
Good and Bad Fruit 12:33–37
The Sign of Jonah 12:38–42
An Unclean Spirit Returns 12:43–45
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers 12:46–50
Parables of the Kingdom 13:1–52
The Parable of the Sower 13:1–23
The Parable of the Weeds 13:24–30
The Parable of the Mustard Seed 13:31–32
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables 13:34–35
The Parable of the Weeds Explained 13:36–43
The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl 13:44–46
The Parable of the Net 13:47–52
The Rejection at Nazareth 13:53–58
Jesus Walks on Water 14:22–33
Jesus Heals at Gennesaret 14:34–36
The Faith of the Canaanite Woman 15:21–28
The Feeding of the Four Thousand 15:29–39
At Caesarea Philippi 16:13–28
Christ’s Passion Foretold 16:21–23
Take Up Your Cross 16:24–28
The Second Prediction of the Passion 17:22–23
The Temple Tax 17:24–27
The Community of the Kingdom 18:1–23:39
The Community Discourse 18:1–35
The Unforgiving Servant 18:21–35
Jesus Teaches in Judea 19:1–23:39
The Rich Young Man 19:16–30
The Two and the Ten 20:20–28
The Blind Men by the Road 20:29–34
The King of the Community 21:1–22
The Barren Fig Tree 21:18–22
The King Examined for Blemish 21:23–23:39
The Chief Priests and Elders Question 21:23–22:14
Jesus’ Authority Challenged 21:23–27
The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28–32
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33–46
The Herodians Question Taxes to Caesar 22:15–22
The Sadducees Question the Resurrection 22:23–33
The Pharisees Question the Greatest Commandment 22:34–40
Jesus Questions the Pharisees 22:41–23:39
Whose Son Is the Christ? 22:41–46

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1 Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4 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.’

5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7 The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9 Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10 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.

11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13 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.’

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16 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.

17 So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20 “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21 “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24 “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.

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

26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27 And last of all, the woman died.

28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32 ‘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.”

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

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

35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36 “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

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

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

45 So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46 No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

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