王宴客的比喻
1耶稣又用比喻对他们说： 2“天国就像一个王为儿子筹备婚宴。 3他派奴仆去请受邀的客人，可是客人都不肯赴宴。 4王再派其他奴仆去，说，‘去告诉被邀请的人，我的宴席已经备好，公牛和肥畜都宰了，一切都预备妥当，来赴婚宴吧！’ 5那些人却毫不理会地走了，一个去种田，一个去做买卖， 6其余的竟然抓住王的奴仆，把他们羞辱一番后杀了。 7王大怒，派军队去剿灭凶手，烧毁他们的城。
8“然后，他对奴仆说，‘婚宴已预备好了，只是被邀请的人不配。 9所以你们到街头巷尾，把所有见到的人都请来。’ 10奴仆到街上把遇到的人都请了来，好人坏人都有，大厅里满了客人。
11“王出来会见在座的客人，发现有一个人没有穿礼服， 12就问他，‘朋友，你来这里怎么不穿婚宴的礼服呢？’那人无言以对。 13王便吩咐侍从，‘把他手脚绑起来丢到外面的黑暗里，让他在那里哀哭切齿。’”
14耶稣又说：“被邀请的人多，选上的人少。”
以纳税问题刁难耶稣
15那时，法利赛人出去策划怎样从耶稣的话里找把柄陷害祂。 16他们派了自己的门徒跟希律党人一同去问耶稣：“老师，我们知道你诚实无伪，按真理传上帝的道，你不徇情面，不以貌取人。 17那么请告诉我们，纳税给凯撒对不对呢？”
18耶稣看出了他们的恶意，就说：“你们这些伪君子，为什么试探我呢？ 19拿一个纳税用的钱币来给我看。”他们就拿给祂一个银币。
20耶稣问他们：“上面刻的是谁的像和名号？”
21他们说：“凯撒的。”
耶稣说：“那么，属于凯撒的东西应该给凯撒，属于上帝的东西应该给上帝。” 22他们听了很惊奇，只好离开祂走了。
论复活
23同一天，不相信死人会复活的撒都该人也来问耶稣， 24说：“老师，摩西说，‘如果一个人死了，没有儿女，只留下妻子，他的兄弟就当娶嫂嫂，替哥哥传宗接代。’ 25从前，我们这里有弟兄七人，老大结了婚，没有孩子就死了，把妻子留给了弟弟。 26二弟、三弟一直到七弟都相继娶了嫂嫂，都没留下孩子。 27最后，那女人也死了。 28那么，到复活的时候，她将是谁的妻子呢？因为他们都娶过她。”
29耶稣说：“你们弄错了。你们不明白圣经，也不知道上帝的能力。 30因为到复活的时候，人们将不娶也不嫁，就像天上的天使一样。
31“关于死人复活的事，难道你们没有读过上帝对你们说过的话吗？ 32祂说，‘我是亚伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝。’上帝不是死人的上帝，而是活人的上帝。” 33众人听到祂的教导都很惊奇。
最大的诫命
34法利赛人听见耶稣使撒都该人无言以对，就聚集在一起。 35其中有位律法专家试探耶稣说： 36“老师，请问律法中哪一条诫命最重要呢？”
37耶稣回答说：“‘你要全心、全情、全意爱主——你的上帝’， 38这是第一条也是最重要的诫命。 39第二条也相似，就是‘要爱邻如己’。 40律法和先知的全部教导都以这两条诫命为基础。”
基督的身份
41耶稣趁着法利赛人聚在那里，就问他们： 42“你们对基督有何看法？祂是谁的后裔？”他们答道：“大卫的后裔。”
43耶稣说：“那么，为什么大卫受圣灵感动，称祂为主呢？大卫曾说，
44“‘主对我主说，
你坐在我的右边，
等我使你的仇敌伏在你脚下。’
45既然大卫称基督为主，基督又怎么会是大卫的后裔呢？” 46没人能回答耶稣的问题。从此再没有人敢用问题来刁难耶稣了。
The Story of the Wedding Dinner
1Jesus told them more stories. He said, 2“Here is what the kingdom of heaven is like. A king prepared a wedding dinner for his son. 3He sent his slaves to those who had been invited to the dinner. The slaves told them to come. But they refused.
4“Then he sent some more slaves. He said, ‘Tell those who were invited that I have prepared my dinner. I have killed my oxen and my fattest cattle. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding dinner.’
5“But the people paid no attention. One went away to his field. Another went away to his business. 6The rest grabbed his slaves. They treated them badly and then killed them. 7The king became very angry. He sent his army to destroy them. They killed those murderers and burned their city.
8“Then the king said to his slaves, ‘The wedding dinner is ready. But those I invited were not fit to come. 9So go to the street corners. Invite to the dinner anyone you can find.’ 10So the slaves went out into the streets. They gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good. Soon the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11“The king came in to see the guests. He noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man couldn’t think of anything to say.
13“Then the king told his slaves, ‘Tie up his hands and feet. Throw him outside into the darkness. Out there people will weep and grind their teeth.’
14“Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Is It Right to Pay the Royal Tax to Caesar?
15The Pharisees went out. They made plans to trap Jesus with his own words. 16They sent their followers to him. They sent the Herodians with them. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of honor. You teach the way of God truthfully. You don’t let others tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how important they are. 17Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay the royal tax to Caesar or not?”
18But Jesus knew their evil plans. He said, “You pretenders! Why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin people use for paying the tax.” They brought him a silver coin. 20He asked them, “Whose picture is this? And whose words?”
21“Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. And give back to God what belongs to God.”
22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
Marriage When the Dead Rise
23That same day the Sadducees came to Jesus with a question. They do not believe that people rise from the dead. 24“Teacher,” they said, “here is what Moses told us. If a man dies without having children, his brother must get married to the widow. He must provide children to carry on his brother’s name. 25There were seven brothers among us. The first one got married and died. Since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26The same thing happened to the second and third brothers. It happened right on down to the seventh brother. 27Finally, the woman died. 28Now then, when the dead rise, whose wife will she be? All seven of them were married to her.”
29Jesus replied, “You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures. And you do not know the power of God. 30When the dead rise, they won’t get married. And their parents won’t give them to be married. They will be like the angels in heaven. 31What about the dead rising? Haven’t you read what God said to you? 32He said, ‘I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.’ (Exodus 3:6) He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living.”
33When the crowds heard this, they were amazed by what he taught.
The Most Important Commandment
34The Pharisees heard that the Sadducees weren’t able to answer Jesus. So the Pharisees got together. 35One of them was an authority on the law. So he tested Jesus with a question. 36“Teacher,” he asked, “which is the most important commandment in the Law?”
37Jesus replied, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind.’ (Deuteronomy 6:5) 38This is the first and most important commandment. 39And the second is like it. ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ (Leviticus 19:18) 40Everything that is written in the Law and the Prophets is based on these two commandments.”
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
41The Pharisees were gathered together. Jesus asked them, 42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,” they replied.
43He said to them, “Then why does David call him ‘Lord’? The Holy Spirit spoke through David himself. David said,
44“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your control.” ’ (Psalm 110:1)
45So if David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be David’s son?” 46No one could give any answer to him. From that day on, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
