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Jesús oquixtij se ejemplo itech on se ilhuitl yejhuan nochihua ijcuac nonamictihua

22  Jesús ocsejpa opeu quinnojnotza ican ejemplos, niman ijquin oquimijlij:

―Ne campa tlamandarohua on ilhuicac chanej sa no ijqui quen on ilhuitl yejhuan oquichiu on rey ijcuac ononamictij itelpoch. Oquintitlan on itequitcahuan para ma quimanatij on yejhuan itenotzcahuan yejhuan yoquinnotzcaj ipan ilhuitl. Pero on yejhuan yoquinnotzcaj xoquinequej oyajquej ipan in ilhuitl. Quemaj ocsejpa oquintitlan ocsequimej itequitcahuan, niman oquimijlij: “Xquimijlican on yejhuan yotiquinnotzcaj ica ye nicpia listo on tlacuajli. Nohuacaxhuan niman ocsequimej yolquej yejhuan tojtomajquej yoquinmictijquej, niman nochi on tlacuajli ye oncaj listo. Ma hualajtetzican ipan in ilhuitl.” Pero on itenotzcahuan xoquitencaquej. Semej yejhuamej oyaj oquintato itlalhuan, niman ocse oyaj otlasemanato. On ocsequimej oquimajsiquej itequitcahuan on rey niman sanoyej oquinmajmailijquej, niman quemaj oquinmictijquej. Ijcuacon on rey sanoyej ocualan, niman oquintitlan isoldados para no ma quinmictitij on yejhuan otemictijquej, niman para quitlatisquej on impueblo. Quemaj oquimijlij on itequitcahuan: “Nochi ye oncaj listo para on ilhuitl, pero on yejhuan ye tlanotzalticatcaj xquinmelahuaya huajlasquej. Xhuiyan, tej, ipan iesquinas on calles, niman nochimej on yejhuan nenquinnamiquisquej xquinnotzacan ma huajhuiyan ipan in ilhuitl.” 10 Yejhua ica on tequipanojquej oyajquej ipan on calles, niman oquinsentlalijquej nochimej on yejhuan oquinnamiquej. Oquisentlalijquej, tej, on yejhuan xcuajcualtin tlacamej niman on yejhuan cuajcualtin tlacamej. Niman ijcon on cajli oten ican tlanotzaltin.

11 'Quemaj on rey ocalac ipan on cajli para quintas on tlanotzaltin. Ompa oquitac se tlacatl yejhuan xonotlaquentij quen nonequi notlaquentihuas ipan on quen on ilhuitl. 12 Niman oquijlij: “Notetlajsojcau, ¿quen ijqui ohuel oticalac nican niman xtitlaquemej quen nonequi notlaquentihuas ipan in quen in ilhuitl?” Pero yejhua xonahuat. 13 Quemaj on rey ijquin oquinnahuatij on yejhuan tetlamacayaj: “Xmasajsalocan niman xquicxisajsalocan, niman xcontlajcalican campa tlayohuatoc campa chocas niman notlantotopotzas.” 14 Quemaj Jesús oquijtoj: “Dios miyequej oquinnotz, pero xmiyequej on yejhuan oquintlapejpenij.”

On fariseos oquitlajtoltijquej Jesús tla cuajli para quitlaxtlahuasquej impuestos para on más hueyi tequihua de Roma

15 Quemaj on fariseos oyajquej, niman san secan oquinojlijquej quen ijqui quichihualtisquej Jesús itlaj ma quimijli yejhuan ica huelis quiteixpanhuisquej. 16 Quemaj, tej, on fariseos oquintitlanquej itech Jesús on innomachtijcahuan inhuan on yejhuan oquipalehuijquej Herodes para ma calaqui rey. Yejhuamej oquijlijquej:

―Temachtijquetl, ticmatztoquej ica nochipa tiquijtohua on tlen melahuac. On tlacamej cuajli tiquintitia quen Dios quinequi para nohuicasquej. Tejhua xticchihuilia cuenta on tlen quijtohuaj motechcopa on tlacamej, masqui huejhueyixtoquej. 17 Aman, tej, xtechijli tlinon ticnemilia. ¿Itlanahuatil Moisés techcahuilia titlatlaxtlahuasquej ican impuestos itech César yejhuan itequihuaj nochi on país de Roma?

18 Pero Jesús oquimat ica yejhuamej ijcon quitlajtoltiayaj san para cajcayahuasquej. Yejhua ica ijquin oquimijlij:

―Omexayacyejquej, ¿tlica nennechchihualtisnequij ma nemechijli itlaj yejhuan ica huelis nennechteixpanhuisquej? 19 Xnechititican on tomin yejhuan ica notlaxtlahua on impuestos.

Niman yejhuamej oquititijquej se tomin. 20 Ijcuac Jesús oquitac on tomin, oquintlajtoltij:

―¿Aquinon ixayac yejhua in, niman aquinon itocayo in nican tlajcuilolnesticaj ipan in tomin?

21 Yejhuamej oquijlijquej:

―Iyaxca on tequihua César.

Quemaj Jesús oquimijlij:

―Xmacacan César on tlen yejhua iyaxca, niman no xmacacan Dios on tlen yejhua iyaxca.

22 Ijcuac yejhuamej ijcon ocacquej, otlamojcaitaquej, niman ijqui oquitlalcahuijquej, niman oyajquej.

On saduceos oquitlajtoltijquej Jesús tla yolihuisquej niman noquetztehuasquej on yejhuan yomiquej

23 Ipan sa no on tonajli semej saduceos oquitatoj Jesús. Yejhuamej temachtiayaj ica xhuelis yolihuisquej niman noquetztehuasquej on mimiquej. Yejhua ica ijquin oquijlijquej:

24 ―Temachtijquetl, Moisés oquijtoj ica tla miqui se tlacatl yejhuan xoquipix iconehuan, icniu on tlacatl ica oncaj nonamictis ihuan on sihuacahuajli, niman ihuan tlascaltis para on coconej nemisquej quen iconehuan yesquia on icniu yejhuan omic. 25 Aman, tej, nican totzajlan nemiyaj chicomemej icniutin. On achtoj teicniu ononamictij, niman omic. Niman ica xoquipix iconehuan, on icniu ihuan on sihuacahuajli ononamictij. 26 No ijqui oquichiu on ica ome teicniu, quemaj on ica yeyi teicniu, niman ijqui onochijtiaj hasta otlanquej on chicomemej icniutin. 27 Ijcuac on icniutin nochimej yomiquej, quej yejhua on sihuatl omic. 28 Tla ijcon, tej, ijcuac yolihuis, ¿catlejhua itech tesihuau yes de yejhuamej on chicomemej icniutin, pampa nochimej oquipixquej quen insihuau?

29 Jesús oquimijlij:

―Nemejhuamej nemopopolohuaj, pampa xnenquimatij tlinon quijtohua on Yectlajcuilojli nion nenquimatij ica Dios nochi hueli quichihua. 30 Tej, ijcuac on mimiquej yolihuisquej, xnonamictisquej nion on tatajtin quitemacasquej imichpochhuan para ma nonamictican. Ijcuacon nemisquej quen iilhuicactequitcahuan Dios yejhuan nemij ne ilhuicac.

31 'Niman aman on ica yolihuisquej niman noquetztehuasquej on mimiquej, ¿xnenquimomachtianij on tlen Dios omechijlij? Yejhua ijquin oquijtoj: 32 “Nejhua niiDios Abraham, nejhua niiDios Isaac niman nejhua niiDios Jacob.” Ticmatij ica Dios xejhua inDios on mimiquej, yej yejhua inDios on yoltoquej.

33 Ijcuac on tlacamej ijcon ocacquej, nochimej otlamojcaitaquej ica on itemachtil Jesús.

Jesús oquijtoj catlejhua tlanahuatijli más hueyixticaj

34 Ijcuac on fariseos oquimatquej ica Jesús oquincamatzacu on saduceos, san secan onosentlalijquej, niman quej yejhuamej oquinisihuijquej Jesús. 35 Quemaj semej yejhuamej on yejhuan tepantlajtojquetl catca ican itlanahuatil Dios oquinec quistlacos Jesús, niman ijquin oquitlajtoltij:

36 ―Temachtijquetl, ¿catlejhua tlanahuatijli más hueyixticaj ipan on itlanahuatil Moisés?

37 Jesús oquijlij:

―“Xtlajsojtla on moTeco Dios ican nochi moyojlo, ican nochi moalma niman ican nochi motlamachilis.” 38 Yejhua in yejhua más hueyixticaj niman yejhua yecatzticaj de nochimej on tlanahuatiltin. 39 Niman on ica ome tlanahuatijli yejhuan no ijqui hueyi quijtosnequi quen on achtoj tlanahuatijli ijquin quijtohua: “Xquintlajsojtla ocsequimej no ijqui quen tejhua timotlajsojtla.” 40 Yejhua in ome tlanahuatijli quitzquijticaj nochi itlanahuatil Moisés niman intemachtilhuan on tiotlajtojquej.

Jesús oquintlajtoltij on fariseos aquinon itech teConeu on Cristo

41 Chica on fariseos san secan nemiyaj, Jesús ijquin oquintlajtoltij:

42 ―¿Tlinon nenquinemiliaj nemejhuamej itechica Cristo on yejhuan Dios oquitlapejpenij para tlamandaros? ¿Aquinon itech huejca teixhuiu?

Yejhuamej oquijlijquej:

―Yejhua huejca teixhuiu itech David.

43 Ijcuacon Jesús oquimijlij:

―¿Tlica, tej, on Espíritu Santo oquichihualtij David para ma quijto ica Cristo “noTeco”, pampa David ijquin oquijtoj: 44 Dios oquijlij noTeco: “Xmotlali nican ipan noyecma, hasta queman ma nimitztlali tlayecanquetl intech on yejhuan motlahuelicnihuan”?

45 Tla David ijcon oquijtoj ica Cristo yejhua iTeco, tla ijcon, tej, ¿quen ijqui Cristo hueli huejca teixhuiu itech David?

46 Niman xacaj ohuel oquinanquilij nion ican se tlajtojli. Niman desde ipan on tonajli nochimej pinahuayaj para itlaj quitlajtoltisquej.

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