{"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/wnt/matthew/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:14:03.674Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":22,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":46},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|The Kingdom of the Heavens,| He said,  |may be compared to  a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and sent his  servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. |'My  breakfast is now ready,| he said, 'my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, and murdered them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then he said to his servants, |'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they  could find, both bad and good, and the  banqueting hall was filled with guests."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"|Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|'My friend,' he said, 'how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|The man  stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants, |'Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|For there are many called, but few chosen.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might entrap Him in His conversation."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians;  who said, |Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you  are not biased by men's wealth or rank."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, |Why are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Show me the tribute coin.| And they brought Him a shilling."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"|Whose likeness and inscription,| He asked, |is this?|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|Caesar's,| they replied. |Pay therefore,| He rejoined, |what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, and went their way."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"|Teacher,| they said, |Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"till the woman also died, after surviving them all."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her.|"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The reply of Jesus was, |You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like  angels in Heaven."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He  had silenced the Sadducees,"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"|Teacher,  which is the  greatest Commandment in the Law?|"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"|'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'| He answered,  |'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.'"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"This is the greatest and foremost Commandment."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"And the second is similar to it: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man  as much as thyself.'"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments.|"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put a question to them."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"|What think you about the Christ,| He said, |whose son is He?| |David's,| they replied."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"|How then,| He asked, |does David,  taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"|'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand until I have put thy foes beneath thy feet'?"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"|If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?|"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 22 (WNT)","markdown":"[Matthew 22](https://primebible.com/wnt/matthew/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/matthew/22 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}