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22 E Gesú, riprendendo la parola, di nuovo parlò loro in parabole dicendo:

«Il regno dei cieli è simile a un re, il quale preparò le nozze di suo figlio.

E mandò i suoi servi a chiamare gli invitati alle nozze, ma questi non vollero venire.

Di nuovo mandò altri servi dicendo: "Dite agl'invitati: Ecco, io ho apparecchiato il mio pranzo, i miei vitelli e i miei animali ingrassati sono ammazzati ed è tutto pronto; venite alle nozze".

Ma essi, non curandosene, se ne andarono chi al proprio campo, chi ai propri affari.

E gli altri, presi i suoi servi, li oltraggiarono e li uccisero.

Il re allora, udito ciò, si adirò e mandò i suoi eserciti per sterminare quegli omicidi e per incendiare la loro città.

Disse quindi ai suoi servi: "Le nozze sono pronte, ma gl'invitati non ne erano degni.

Andate dunque agli incroci delle strade e chiamate alle nozze chiunque troverete

10 E quei servi, usciti per le strade, radunarono tutti coloro che trovarono cattivi e buoni, e la sala delle nozze si riempí di commensali.

11 Ora il re, entrato per vedere i commensali, vi trovò un uomo che non indossava l'abito da nozze;

12 e gli disse: "amico come sei entrato qui senza avere l'abito da nozze?" E quegli rimase con la bocca chiusa.

13 Allora il re disse ai servi: "Legatelo mani e piedi, prendetelo e gettatelo nelle tenebre di fuori. Lí sarà il pianto e lo stridor di denti.

14 Poiché molti sono chiamati, ma pochi eletti».

15 Allora i farisei, allontanatisi, si consigliarono sul modo di coglierlo in fallo nelle parole,

16 E gli mandarono i propri discepoli, con gli erodiani, per dirgli: «Maestro, noi sappiamo che tu sei verace e che insegni la via di Dio in verità, senza preoccuparti del giudizio di alcuno, perché tu non riguardi all'apparenza delle persone.

17 Dicci dunque: Che te ne pare? è lecito o no pagare il tributo a Cesare?».

18 Ma Gesú, conoscendo la loro malizia, disse: «Perché mi tentate, ipocriti?

19 Mostratemi la moneta del tributo». Allora essi gli presentarono un denaro.

20 Ed egli disse loro: «Di chi è questa immagine e questa iscrizione?».

21 Essi gli dissero: «Di Cesare». Allora egli disse loro: «Rendete dunque a Cesare ciò che è di Cesare e a Dio ciò che è di Dio».

22 Ed essi, udito ciò, si meravigliarono e, lasciatolo, se ne andarono.

23 In quello stesso giorno vennero da lui i sadducei, i quali dicono che non vi è risurrezione, e lo interrogarono,

24 dicendo: «Maestro, Mosé ha detto: "se qualcuno muore senza avere figli, il suo fratello ne sposi la moglie, per dare una discendenza a suo fratello"

25 Ora, c'erano tra noi sette fratelli, il primo dopo essersi sposato morí e, non avendo discendenza, lasciò la moglie a suo fratello.

26 Cosí anche il secondo e il terzo, fino al settimo.

27 Per ultima, morí anche la donna.

28 Alla risurrezione, dunque, di chi dei sette costei sarà moglie? Poiché tutti l'ebbero come moglie».

29 Ma Gesú, rispondendo, disse loro: «Voi sbagliate, non comprendendo né le Scritture né la potenza di Dio.

30 Nella risurrezione, infatti, né si sposano né sono date in moglie, ma essi saranno in cielo come gli angeli di Dio.

31 Quanto poi alla risurrezione dei morti, non avete letto ciò che vi fu detto da Dio, quando disse:

32 IO sono il Dio di Abrahamo, il Dio d'Isacco e di Giacobbe Dio non è il Dio dei morti, ma dei viventi».

33 E le folle, udite queste cose, stupivano della sua dottrina,

34 Allora i farisei, avendo udito che egli aveva messo a tacere i sadducei, si radunarono insieme.

35 E uno di loro, dottore della legge, lo interrogò per metterlo alla prova, dicendo:

36 «Maestro, qual è il grande comandamento della legge?».

37 E Gesú gli disse: «"ama il Signore Dio tuo con tutto il tuo cuore, con tutta l'anima tua e con tutta la tua mente".

38 Questo è il primo e il gran comandamento.

39 E il secondo, simile a questo, è: "ama il tuo prossimo come te stesso".

40 Da questi due comandamenti dipendono tutta la legge e i profeti»,

41 Ora, essendo i farisei riuniti, Gesú chiese loro:

42 «Che ve ne pare del Cristo? Di chi è figlio?». Essi gli dissero: «Di Davide».

43 Egli disse loro: «Come mai dunque Davide, per lo Spirito, lo chiama Signore, dicendo:

44 Il Signore ha detto al mio Signore: "Siedi alla mia destra, finché io abbia posto i tuoi nemici come sgabello dei tuoi piedi"?

45 Se dunque Davide lo chiama Signore, come può essere suo figlio?».

46 Ma nessuno era in grado di rispondergli; e, da quel giorno, nessuno osò piú interrogarlo.

王宴客的比喻

22 耶穌又用比喻對他們說: 「天國就像一個王為兒子籌備婚宴。 他派奴僕去請受邀的客人,可是客人都不肯赴宴。 王再派其他奴僕去,說,『去告訴被邀請的人,我的宴席已經備好,公牛和肥畜都宰了,一切都預備妥當,來赴婚宴吧!』 那些人卻毫不理會地走了,一個去種田,一個去做買賣, 其餘的竟然抓住王的奴僕,把他們羞辱一番後殺了。 王大怒,派軍隊去剿滅凶手,燒毀他們的城。

「然後,他對奴僕說,『婚宴已預備好了,只是被邀請的人不配。 所以你們到街頭巷尾,把所有見到的人都請來。』 10 奴僕到街上把遇到的人都請了來,好人壞人都有,大廳裡滿了客人。

11 「王出來會見在座的客人,發現有一個人沒有穿禮服, 12 就問他,『朋友,你來這裡怎麼不穿婚宴的禮服呢?』那人無言以對。 13 王便吩咐侍從,『把他手腳綁起來丟到外面的黑暗裡,讓他在那裡哀哭切齒。』」

14 耶穌又說:「被邀請的人多,選上的人少。」

以納稅問題刁難耶穌

15 那時,法利賽人出去策劃怎樣從耶穌的話裡找把柄陷害祂。 16 他們派了自己的門徒跟希律黨人一同去問耶穌:「老師,我們知道你誠實無偽,按真理傳上帝的道,你不徇情面,不以貌取人。 17 那麼請告訴我們,納稅給凱撒對不對呢?」

18 耶穌看出了他們的惡意,就說:「你們這些偽君子,為什麼試探我呢? 19 拿一個納稅用的錢幣來給我看。」他們就拿給祂一個銀幣。

20 耶穌問他們:「上面刻的是誰的像和名號?」

21 他們說:「凱撒的。」

耶穌說:「那麼,屬於凱撒的東西應該給凱撒,屬於上帝的東西應該給上帝。」 22 他們聽了很驚奇,只好離開祂走了。

論復活

23 同一天,不相信死人會復活的撒都該人也來問耶穌, 24 說:「老師,摩西說,『如果一個人死了,沒有兒女,只留下妻子,他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂,替哥哥傳宗接代。』 25 從前,我們這裡有弟兄七人,老大結了婚,沒有孩子就死了,把妻子留給了弟弟。 26 二弟、三弟一直到七弟都相繼娶了嫂嫂,都沒留下孩子。 27 最後,那女人也死了。 28 那麼,到復活的時候,她將是誰的妻子呢?因為他們都娶過她。」

29 耶穌說:「你們弄錯了。你們不明白聖經,也不知道上帝的能力。 30 因為到復活的時候,人們將不娶也不嫁,就像天上的天使一樣。

31 「關於死人復活的事,難道你們沒有讀過上帝對你們說過的話嗎? 32 祂說,『我是亞伯拉罕的上帝,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 眾人聽到祂的教導都很驚奇。

最大的誡命

34 法利賽人聽見耶穌使撒都該人無言以對,就聚集在一起。 35 其中有位律法專家試探耶穌說: 36 「老師,請問律法中哪一條誡命最重要呢?」

37 耶穌回答說:「『你要全心、全情、全意愛主——你的上帝』, 38 這是第一條也是最重要的誡命。 39 第二條也相似,就是『要愛鄰如己』。 40 律法和先知的全部教導都以這兩條誡命為基礎。」

基督的身分

41 耶穌趁著法利賽人聚在那裡,就問他們: 42 「你們對基督有何看法?祂是誰的後裔?」他們答道:「大衛的後裔。」

43 耶穌說:「那麼,為什麼大衛受聖靈感動,稱祂為主呢?大衛曾說,

44 『主對我主說,
你坐在我的右邊,
等我使你的仇敵伏在你腳下。』

45 既然大衛稱基督為主,基督又怎麼會是大衛的後裔呢?」 46 沒人能回答耶穌的問題。從此再沒有人敢用問題來刁難耶穌了。

22 Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 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 wedding feast!”’ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’ 10 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.

11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, 12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’ 14 For many are called, but few chosen.”

15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. 16 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 whom you teach; for you aren’t partial to anyone. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the tax money.”

They brought to him a denarius.

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

21 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.”

22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.

23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring[a] for his brother.’ 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven. 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?(A) God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

33 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’(B) 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’(C) 40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?”

They said to him, “Of David.”

43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
    sit on my right hand,
    until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’?(D)

45 “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.

Footnotes

  1. 22:24 or, seed

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet(A)

22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like(B) a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants(C) to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

“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.’

“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(E) and burned their city.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 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

  1. Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
  2. Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6
  3. Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
  4. Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
  5. Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1