Matthew 22:10-33

English Standard Version

¹⁰ And those servants went out into the roads and ^(A)gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.

¹¹ “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there ^(B)a man who had no wedding garment. ¹² And he said to him, ^(C)‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and ^(D)cast him into the outer darkness. In that place ^(E)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ ¹⁴ For many are ^(F)called, but few are ^(G)chosen.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

^15 (H)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how ^(I)to entangle him in his words. ¹⁶ And they sent ^(J)their disciples to him, along with ^(K)the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^(L)we know that you are true and teach ^(M)the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for ^(N)you are not swayed by appearances.^{[a] 17} Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ^(O)taxes to ^(P)Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why ^(Q)put me to the test, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.^{[b] 20} And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” ²¹ They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, ^(R)“Therefore render 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 they ^(S)left him and went away.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

²³ The same day ^(T)Sadducees came to him, ^(U)who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, ²⁴ saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ^(V)‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ So too the second and third, down to the seventh. ²⁷ After them all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

²⁹ But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^(W)because you know neither the Scriptures nor ^(X)the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither ^(Y)marry nor ^(Z)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹ And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^(AA)have you not read what was said to you by God: ^32 (AB)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” ³³ And when the crowd heard it, ^(AC)they were astonished at his teaching.