XXII. And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying:
2The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son. 3And he sent forth his servants to call those who were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. 4Again he sent forth other servants, saying: Tell those who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the marriage. 5But they made light of it, and went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. 6And the rest laid hold of his servants, and ill-treated and slew them. 7And the king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then he says to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. 9Go therefore into the thoroughfares, and as many as ye find, bid to the marriage. 10And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man not clothed with a wedding garment; 12and he says to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the attendants: Bind him hand and foot, and cast him forth into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! 14For many are called, but few are chosen.
15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel, how they might ensnare him with a word[15]. 16And they send out to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any one, for thou regardest not the person of men. 17Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 18But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: Why tempt ye me, hypocrites! 19Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denáry[19]. 20And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? 21They say to him: Cæsar's. Then says he to them; Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. 22And hearing it they wondered, and left him and went away.
23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24saying: Teacher, Moses said, If any one die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. 25Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. 26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27And last of all the woman died also. 28In the resurrection therefore, of which of the seven shall she be wife? For they all had her.
29Jesus answering said to them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying: 32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33And the multitudes, hearing it, were astonished at his teaching.
34And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, collected together; 35and one of them, a lawyer, asked, tempting him and saying: 36Teacher, what commandment is great in the law? 37Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41While the Pharisees were collected together, Jesus asked them, 42saying: What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the son? They say to him: Of David. 43He says to them: How then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:
44The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit on my right hand,