Matthew 22 - Evangelical Heritage Version - 2021（EHV）

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

1Jesus spoke to them again in parables. He said,

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

3He sent out his servants to summon those who were invited to the wedding banquet, but they did not want to come.

4“Then he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet!’

5“But those who were invited paid no attention and went off, one to his own farm, another to his business.

6The rest seized the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7As a result, the king was very angry. He sent his army and killed those murderers and burned their town.

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

9So go to the main crossroads and invite as many as you find to the wedding banquet.’

10Those servants went out to the roads and gathered together everyone they found, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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

12He said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wearing wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

13Then 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.’

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

Paying Taxes to Caesar(Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26)

15Then the Pharisees went out and plotted together how to trap him in his words.

16They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in accord with the truth. You are not concerned about gaining anyone's approval because you are not swayed by appearances.

17So tell us, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18But Jesus knew their evil purpose and said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

19Show me the coin used for the tax.”

They brought him a denarius.

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

21“Caesar's,” they replied to him.

Then he said to them, “Therefore give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

22When they heard this, they were amazed. Then they left him and went away.

The God of the Living(Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40)

23That same day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him a question:

24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother should marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’ on these two commandments.”

David's Son and David's Lord(Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44)

41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

42“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?”

They said to him, “The Son of David.”

43He said to them, “Then how can David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

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 is he his son?”

46No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.