Font Size
Mateo 22
Nueva Versión Internacional
Mateo 22
Nueva Versión Internacional
Parábola del banquete de bodas
22 Jesús volvió a hablarles en parábolas y dijo: 2 «El reino de los cielos es como un rey que preparó un banquete de bodas para su hijo. 3 Mandó a sus siervos que llamaran a los invitados, pero estos se negaron a asistir al banquete. 4 Luego, mandó a otros siervos y les ordenó: “Digan a los invitados que ya he preparado mi comida. Ya han matado mis toros y mis reses cebadas; todo está listo. Vengan al banquete de bodas”. 5 Pero ellos no hicieron caso y se fueron: uno a su campo, otro a su negocio. 6 Los demás agarraron a los siervos, los maltrataron y los mataron. 7 El rey se enfureció. Mandó su ejército a destruir a los asesinos y a incendiar su ciudad. 8 Luego dijo a sus siervos: “El banquete de bodas está preparado, pero los que invité no merecían venir. 9 Vayan al cruce de los caminos e inviten al banquete a todos los que encuentren”. 10 Así que los siervos salieron a los caminos y reunieron a todos los que pudieron encontrar, buenos y malos, y se llenó de invitados el salón de bodas.
11 »Cuando el rey entró a ver a los invitados, notó que allí había un hombre que no estaba vestido con el traje de boda. 12 “Amigo, ¿cómo entraste aquí sin el traje de boda?”, dijo. El hombre se quedó callado. 13 Entonces el rey dijo a los sirvientes: “Átenlo de pies y manos y échenlo afuera, a la oscuridad, donde habrá llanto y crujir de dientes”. 14 Porque muchos son los invitados, pero pocos los escogidos».
El pago de impuestos al césar(A)
15 Entonces salieron los fariseos y tramaron cómo tenderle a Jesús una trampa con sus mismas palabras. 16 Enviaron algunos de sus discípulos junto con los partidarios del rey Herodes, los cuales le dijeron:
—Maestro, sabemos que eres un hombre íntegro y que enseñas el camino de Dios de acuerdo con la verdad. No te dejas influir por nadie, porque no te fijas en las apariencias. 17 Danos tu opinión: ¿Está permitido pagar impuestos al césar o no?
18 Conociendo sus malas intenciones, Jesús respondió:
—¡Hipócritas! ¿Por qué me tienden trampas? 19 Muéstrenme la moneda para el impuesto.
Y se la enseñaron.[a]
20 —¿De quién es esta imagen y esta inscripción? —preguntó.
21 —Del césar —respondieron.
—Entonces —dijo Jesús—, denle al césar lo que es del césar y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
22 Al oír esto, quedaron asombrados. Así que lo dejaron y se fueron.
El matrimonio en la resurrección(B)
23 Ese mismo día los saduceos, que dicen que no hay resurrección, se acercaron y le plantearon un problema:
24 —Maestro, Moisés nos enseñó que si un hombre muere sin tener hijos, el hermano de ese hombre tiene que casarse con la viuda para que su hermano tenga descendencia. 25 Pues bien, había entre nosotros siete hermanos. El primero se casó y murió y, como no tuvo hijos, dejó la esposa a su hermano. 26 Lo mismo les pasó al segundo y al tercer hermano; fue así hasta llegar al séptimo. 27 Por último, murió la mujer. 28 Ahora bien, en la resurrección, ¿de cuál de los siete será esposa esta mujer, ya que todos estuvieron casados con ella?
29 Jesús contestó:
—Ustedes andan equivocados porque desconocen las Escrituras y el poder de Dios. 30 En la resurrección, las personas no se casarán ni serán dadas en casamiento, sino que serán como los ángeles que están en el cielo. 31 Pero en cuanto a la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no han leído lo que Dios les dijo a ustedes: 32 “Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Jacob”?[b] Él no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos.
33 Al oír esto, la gente quedó admirada de su enseñanza.
El mandamiento más importante(C)
34 Los fariseos se reunieron al oír que Jesús había hecho callar a los saduceos. 35 Uno de ellos, experto en la Ley, le tendió una trampa con esta pregunta:
36 —Maestro, ¿cuál es el mandamiento más importante de la Ley?
37 —“Ama al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma y con toda tu mente”[c] —respondió Jesús—. 38 Este es el primero y el más importante de los mandamientos. 39 El segundo se parece a este: “Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.[d] 40 De estos dos mandamientos dependen toda la Ley y los Profetas.
¿De quién es hijo el Cristo?(D)
41 Mientras estaban reunidos los fariseos, Jesús preguntó:
42 —¿Qué piensan ustedes acerca del Cristo? ¿De quién es descendiente?
—De David —respondieron ellos.
Jesús les dijo:
43 —Entonces, ¿cómo es que David, hablando por el Espíritu, lo llama “Señor”? Él afirma:
44 »“Dijo el Señor a mi Señor:
‘Siéntate a mi derecha,
hasta que ponga a tus enemigos
debajo de tus pies’ ”.[e]
45 Si David lo llama “Señor”, ¿cómo puede entonces ser su descendiente?».
46 Nadie pudo responderle ni una sola palabra y desde ese día ninguno se atrevía a hacerle más preguntas.
Matthew 22
New Testament for Everyone
Matthew 22
New Testament for Everyone
The parable of the wedding feast
22 Jesus spoke to them once again in parables.
2 “The kingdom of heaven,” he said, “is like a king who made a wedding feast for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call the invited guests to the wedding, and they didn’t want to come.
4 “Again he sent other slaves, with these instructions: ‘Say to the guests, Look! I’ve got my dinner ready; my bulls and fatted calves have been killed; everything is prepared. Come to the wedding!’
5 “But they didn’t take any notice. They went off, one to his own farm, another to see to his business. 6 The others laid hands on his slaves, abused them and killed them. 7 (The king was angry, and sent his soldiers to destroy those murderers and burn down their city.) 8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the guests didn’t deserve it. 9 So go to the roads leading out of town, and invite everyone you find to the wedding.’ 10 The slaves went off into the streets and rounded up everyone they found, bad and good alike. And the wedding was filled with partygoers.
11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who wasn’t wearing a wedding suit.
12 “ ‘My friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without a wedding suit?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up, hands and feet, and throw him into the darkness outside, where people weep and grind their teeth.’
14 “Many are called, you see, but few are chosen.”
Paying taxes to Caesar
15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him into saying the wrong thing. 16 They sent their followers to him, with the Herodians.
“Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful, and that you teach God’s way truthfully. You don’t care what anyone thinks about you, because you don’t try to flatter people or favor them. 17 So tell us what you think. Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?”
18 Jesus knew their evil intentions.
“Why are you trying to trick me, you hypocrites?” he said. 19 “Show me the tribute coin.” They brought him a dinar.
20 “This . . . image,” said Jesus, “and this . . . inscription. Who do they belong to?”
21 “Caesar,” they said.
“Well then,” said Jesus, “you’d better give Caesar back what belongs to Caesar! And—give God what belongs to God!”
22 When they heard that they were astonished. They left him and went away.
The question of the resurrection
23 The same day some Sadducees came to him. (The Sadducees deny the resurrection.) Their question was this.
24 “Teacher,” they began, “Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother should marry his widow and raise up seed for his brother.’ 25 Well now, there were seven brothers living among us. The first got married, and then died, and since he didn’t have children he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened with the second and the third, and so on with all seven. 27 Last of all the woman died. 28 So: in the resurrection, whose wife will she be, of all the seven? All of them had married her, after all.”
29 This was Jesus’ answer to them: “You are quite mistaken,” he said, “because you don’t know your Bibles or God’s power. 30 In the resurrection, you see, people don’t marry or get married off; they are like angels in heaven. 31 But as for the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God, in these words: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He isn’t God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 The crowds heard this, and they were astonished at his teaching.
The Great Commandment, and David’s Master
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they got together in a group. 35 One of them, a lawyer, put him on the spot with this question.
36 “Teacher,” he said, “which is the most important commandment in the law?”
37 “You must love the Lord your God,” replied Jesus, “with all your heart, with all your life, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first commandment, and it’s the one that really matters. 39 The second is similar, and it’s this: You must love your neighbor as yourself. 40 The entire law hangs on these two commandments—and that goes for the prophets, too.”
41 While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them, 42 “What’s your view of the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“David’s,” they said to him.
43 “Why then,” said Jesus, “does David (speaking by the spirit) call him ‘Master,’ when he says,
44 The Master says to my master,
sit here at my right hand,
until I place your enemies
down beneath your feet.
45 “If David calls him ‘Master,’ how can he be his son?”
46 Nobody was able to answer him a single word. From that day on nobody dared ask him anything any more.
Matthew 22
New International Version
Matthew 22
New International Version
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet(A)
22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like(B) a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants(C) to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants(D) and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(E) and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners(F) and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good,(G) and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend(H)?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(I)
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”(J)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(K)
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians.(L) “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a](M) to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(N) and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.(O)
Marriage at the Resurrection(P)
23 That same day the Sadducees,(Q) who say there is no resurrection,(R) came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.(S) 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures(T) or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage;(U) they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[b]?(V) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.(W)
The Greatest Commandment(X)
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(Y) the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,(Z) tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c](AA) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d](AB) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(AC)
Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AD)
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,”(AE) they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’[e](AF)
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.(AG)
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
- Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6
- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
- Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1
Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI) 
Santa Biblia, NUEVA VERSIÓN INTERNACIONAL® NVI® © 1999, 2015, 2022 por Biblica, Inc.®, Inc.® Usado con permiso de Biblica, Inc.® Reservados todos los derechos en todo el mundo. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New Testament for Everyone (NTFE) 
Scripture quotations from The New Testament for Everyone are copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011, 2018, 2019.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.