{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/matthew/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:18:41.950Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":22,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, |Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!|'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For many are called, but few chosen.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, |Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, |Why do you test me, you hypocrites?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Show me the tax money.| They brought to him a denarius."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He asked them, |Whose is this image and inscription?|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"They said to him, |Caesar's.| Then he said to them, |Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"saying, |Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"After them all, the woman died."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.|"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"But Jesus answered them, |You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"'I 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.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"|Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?|"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Jesus said to him, |'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"This is the first and great commandment."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.|"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"saying, |What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?| They said to him, |Of David.|"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"He said to them, |How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"|If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?|"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 22 (WEB)","markdown":"[Matthew 22](https://primebible.com/web/matthew/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/matthew/22 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}