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Matthew 22
Good News Translation
Matthew 22
Good News Translation
The Parable of the Wedding Feast(A)
22 Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. 2 “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son. 3 He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come. 4 So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’ 5 But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store, 6 while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. 7 The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city. 8 Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it. 9 Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
11 “The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing. 13 (B)Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.’”
14 (C)And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
The Question about Paying Taxes(D)
15 The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions. 16 Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status. 17 Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
18 Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin for paying the tax!”
They brought him the coin, 20 and he asked them, “Whose face and name are these?”
21 “The Emperor's,” they answered.
So Jesus said to them, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
The Question about Rising from Death(E)
23 (F)That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that people will not rise from death. 24 (G)“Teacher,” they said, “Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children. 25 Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third, and finally to all seven. 27 Last of all, the woman died. 28 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All of them had married her.”
29 Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power. 30 (H)For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. 31 Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said, 32 (I)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is the God of the living, not of the dead.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
The Great Commandment(J)
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together, 35 and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question. 36 “Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 (K)Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment. 39 (L)The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ 40 (M)The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
The Question about the Messiah(N)
41 When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?”
“He is David's descendant,” they answered.
43 “Why, then,” Jesus asked, “did the Spirit inspire David to call him ‘Lord’? David said,
44 (O)‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.’
45 If, then, David called him ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
46 No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Matei 22
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Matei 22
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Pilda nunţii fiului de împărat
22 Isus a început să le vorbească din nou în pilde şi le-a zis:
2 „Împărăţia lui Dumnezeu poate fi asemănată cu un împărat care i-a făcut nuntă fiului său. 3 El şi-a trimis sclavii să-i cheme pe cei invitaţi la nuntă, dar aceştia n-au vrut să vină. 4 A trimis din nou alţi sclavi, zicându-le: «Spuneţi-le celor invitaţi: ‘Iată, am pregătit masa, boii şi animalele îngrăşate au fost tăiate şi toate sunt pregătite! Veniţi deci la nuntă!’»
5 Dar invitaţii nu le-au dat nici o atenţie şi au plecat, unul la ogorul lui, iar altul la negustoria lui. 6 Ceilalţi i-au înşfăcat pe sclavi, i-au maltratat şi i-au omorât. 7 Împăratul s-a mâniat foarte tare. El şi-a trimis trupele, i-a nimicit pe ucigaşii aceia şi le-a ars cetatea.
8 Apoi le-a zis sclavilor săi: «Nunta este pregătită, dar cei invitaţi n-au fost vrednici de ea. 9 Mergeţi, aşadar, la răspântiile drumurilor şi chemaţi-i la nuntă pe toţi aceia pe care îi găsiţi!» 10 Sclavii aceia au ieşit pe drumuri şi i-au adunat pe toţi aceia pe care i-au găsit, şi răi, şi buni; şi sala nunţii s-a umplut de oaspeţi.
11 Când împăratul a venit să-şi vadă oaspeţii, a văzut acolo un om care nu se îmbrăcase în haină de nuntă 12 şi l-a întrebat:
– Prietene, cum ai intrat aici fără să ai haină de nuntă?
Acesta a amuţit. 13 Atunci împăratul le-a zis slujitorilor:
– Legaţi-l de mâini şi de picioare şi aruncaţi-l în întunericul de afară! Acolo va fi plânsul şi scrâşnirea dinţilor!
14 Căci mulţi sunt chemaţi, dar puţini sunt aleşi.“
Tributul datorat Cezarului
15 Atunci fariseii s-au dus şi s-au sfătuit cum să-L prindă în cursă cu vorba. 16 I-au trimis la El pe ucenicii lor împreună cu irodienii[a], care I-au zis:
– Învăţătorule, ştim că eşti corect şi că-i înveţi pe oameni calea lui Dumnezeu în adevăr, fără să-Ţi pese de nimeni, căci nu cauţi la faţa oamenilor. 17 Aşadar, spune-ne, ce părere ai: se cuvine să-i plătim tribut Cezarului[b] sau nu?
18 Isus însă a înţeles intenţia lor rea şi le-a zis:
– De ce Mă puneţi la încercare, ipocriţilor? 19 Arătaţi-Mi moneda pentru tribut!
Ei I-au adus un denar[c]. 20 Isus i-a întrebat:
– Chipul acesta şi inscripţia, ale cui sunt?
21 – Ale Cezarului, au răspuns ei.
Atunci El le-a zis:
– Daţi-i deci Cezarului ce este al Cezarului, iar lui Dumnezeu ce este al lui Dumnezeu![d]
22 Ei au rămas uimiţi când au auzit aceste cuvinte. Şi astfel L-au lăsat şi au plecat.
Despre înviere
23 În aceeaşi zi au venit la El saducheii, care zic că nu există înviere, şi L-au întrebat:
24 – Învăţătorule, Moise a zis că, dacă moare cineva fără să aibă copii, fratele acestuia trebuie să se căsătorească cu văduva şi să-i ridice un urmaş fratelui său.[e] 25 Erau printre noi şapte fraţi. Primul s-a căsătorit, dar a murit fără să aibă vreun urmaş, lăsându-i-o astfel pe soţia sa fratelui său. 26 Aşa s-a întâmplat şi cu al doilea, şi cu al treilea, apoi tot aşa până la al şaptelea. 27 Femeia a murit ultima dintre toţi. 28 La înviere, soţia căruia dintre cei şapte va fi ea? Căci toţi au avut-o de soţie!
29 Isus le-a răspuns:
– Sunteţi rătăciţi, pentru că nu cunoaşteţi nici Scripturile, nici puterea lui Dumnezeu! 30 Căci la înviere nici nu se vor mai însura, nici nu se vor mai mărita, ci vor fi ca îngerii din cer. 31 Iar cu privire la învierea morţilor, n-aţi citit ce v-a spus Dumnezeu, când zice: 32 „Eu sunt Dumnezeul lui Avraam, Dumnezeul lui Isaac şi Dumnezeul lui Iacov“?[f] El nu este un Dumnezeu al celor morţi, ci al celor vii!
33 Auzind aceste lucruri, mulţimile erau uimite de învăţătura Lui.
Cea mai mare poruncă
34 Când au auzit fariseii că Isus le astupase gura saducheilor, s-au strâns la un loc. 35 Unul dintre ei, un expert în Lege, ca să-L pună la încercare, L-a întrebat:
36 – Învăţătorule, care este cea mai mare poruncă din Lege?
37 Isus i-a răspuns:
– „Să-L iubeşti pe Domnul, Dumnezeul tău, cu toată inima ta, cu tot sufletul tău şi cu toată mintea ta“[g]. 38 Aceasta este cea dintâi şi cea mai mare poruncă. 39 Iar a doua, asemenea ei, este: „Să-l iubeşti pe semenul tău ca pe tine însuţi“[h]. 40 Toată Legea şi Profeţii[i] depind[j] de aceste două porunci.
Al cui fiu este Cristos?
41 În timp ce fariseii erau strânşi la un loc, Isus a întrebat:
42 – Ce părere aveţi voi despre Cristos? Al cui Fiu este El?
Ei I-au răspuns:
– Al lui David.
43 Isus le-a zis:
– Cum atunci David, în Duhul, Îl numeşte „Domn“, când spune:
44 „Domnul I-a zis Domnului meu:[k]
«Şezi la dreapta Mea
până-Ţi voi pune duşmanii
sub picioare!»“?[l]
45 Deci, dacă David Îl numeşte „Domn“, cum este El Fiul lui?
46 Nimeni n-a putut să-I răspundă nici măcar un cuvânt şi, din acea zi, nimeni n-a mai îndrăznit să-I pună întrebări.
Footnotes
- Matei 22:16 Susţinători ai dinastiei irodiene; irodienii erau partizani ai romanilor, cu sprijinul cărora domnea dinastia irodiană, deci erau favorabili tributului, pe când fariseii erau nişte naţionalişi moderaţi, care nu agreau tributul
- Matei 22:17 Titlu purtat de împăraţii romani, preluat de la Iulius Caesar (44 î.Cr.); şi în v. 21
- Matei 22:19 Moneda romană cea mai comună în acele vremuri; pe o parte avea chipul împăratului roman, iar pe cealaltă, o inscripţie care susţinea că acesta este divin; pentru valoarea denarului, vezi nota de la 20:2
- Matei 22:21 Probabil o aluzie la pretenţia afirmaţiei de pe reversul monedei; vezi nota de la 22:19
- Matei 22:24 Vezi Deut. 25:5-6; în cf. cu legea leviratului (lat.: levir, „cumnat“), fiul care avea să se nască era moştenitorul celui decedat, pentru a-i duce numele mai departe, pentru a nu înstrăina posesiunea familiei şi pentru a-i asigura văduvei un trai liniştit
- Matei 22:32 Vezi Ex. 3:6
- Matei 22:37 Vezi Deut. 6:5. În Deut. 6:5, TM conţine: inima, sufletul, puterea; unele mss ale LXX adaugă şi mintea în Deut. 6:5; vezi Mc. 12:30, unde sunt toate patru
- Matei 22:39 Vezi Lev. 19:18
- Matei 22:40 Vezi nota de la 5:17
- Matei 22:40 Lit.: atârnă sau: se ţin de
- Matei 22:44 În TM cuvintele pentru Domnul sunt diferite: Domnul (YHWH) i-a zis Stăpânului (Adoni) meu; în textul grecesc: Domnul (Kurios) i-a zis Domnului (Kurios) meu
- Matei 22:44 Vezi Ps. 110:1
Matthew 22
King James Version
Matthew 22
King James Version
22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
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
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