1AGAIN Jesus addressed them in figures. He said, 2"The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son. 3He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they would not come. 4Again he sent other servants, telling them, 'Say to those who have been invited, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fat things have been killed and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.' 5But they paid no attention, and went off one to his field and another to his trading. 6The rest seized his servants, treated them roughly, and killed them. 7Then the king grew angry and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. 8Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9Go out on the crossroads, and every one you find invite to the wedding.' 10So those servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding-hall was filled with guests. 11When the king came in to look over the guests, he saw there a man who was not dressed in a wedding robe, 12and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding robe?' But he was speechless. 13The king said to the attendants, 'Bind him feet and hands and throw him out into the darkness outside.' There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 14For many are invited, but few are chosen." 15Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation how they could entrap him in talk. 16They sent to him their disciples with the Herodians and they said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and that you are afraid of no one, for you do not regard the social standing of men. 17Tell us therefore what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" 18But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites? 19Show me a piece of tax money." They brought him a shilling. 20He asked them, "Whose head is this, and whose inscription?" 21They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's." 22When they heard this, they wondered and left him and went away. 23On that day some Sadducees came to him asserting that there is no resurrection, and they asked him, 24"Teacher, Moses said, 'If any man dies childless, his brother shall marry his widow and raise up offspring for his brother.' 25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died childless and left his wife to his brother. 26So did the second and the third down to the seventh. 27The woman died last of all. 28In the resurrection, then, which of the seven will have the wife? For they all had her." 29Jesus replied to them, "You are all astray because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither many nor are married, but are like the angels in heaven. 31But in reference to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God when he said, 32'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men, but of living men." 33The crowd on hearing this were amazed at his teaching. 34The Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered, 35and one of them, a lawyer, in order to test him, asked, 36"Teacher, which commandment in the law is greatest?" 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 greatest and first commandment. 39The second is like it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' 40On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." 41While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question, 42"What do you think in regard to the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "David's." 43He said, "How then does David by inspiration call him 'Lord,' saying, 44'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet'? 45If David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?" 46No one was able to answer him a word, and no one from that day dared ask him any more questions.