(22:1-14) The parable of the marriage feast
The kingdom of heaven is, according to Jesus, like the king in this parable. If so, I'd stay away from there if I were you.
The parable begins with the king sending servants to invite everyone to come to his son's wedding feast. But they all made excuses
for not coming, and some even killed the king's messengers. So the king sent an army to kill the people that killed his messengers, burning
down the city, as well. The king sent out more servants, telling them to invite everyone, good or bad. At the banquet the king
noticed that one guest didn't have on a wedding garment, so the king tied him up and "cast him into the outer darkness" where
"there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(22:1-2) "Jesus ... said ... the kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son."
(22:3) "And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding:
and they would not come."
(22:4-5) "Again, he sent forth other servants, saying ... come unto the marriage. But they made light of it,
and went their ways."
(22:6) "And the remnant took his servants ... and slew them."
(22:8-10) "Then saith he to his servants ... as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage, both bad and good." Is anyone good?"
(22:11-12) "When the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless."
(22:12-13) "Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot ... and cast him into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Does Hell exist? What the Bible says about torture
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
22:2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage
for his son,
22:3And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding:
and they would not come.
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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.
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But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another
to his merchandise:
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And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew
them.
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But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were
bidden were not worthy.
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Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to
the marriage.
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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.
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And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had
not on a wedding garment:
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And he saith unto him, Friend,
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless.
22:13Then 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.
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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in
his talk.
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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.
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Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto
Caesar, or not?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye
hypocrites?
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Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
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And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
(22:17-21) Pay your taxes. Keep state and church separate.
(22:17) "What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?"
(22:19) "Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny."
(22:20) "And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?"
(22:21) "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."
(22:23-30) There is no sex or marriage in heaven. (Married people either don't go to heaven
or they get divorced after arriving there. Marriages aren't made in heaven; they die there.)
(22:23) "The Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, ... asked him,"
(22:24) "Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother."
(22:25) "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."
(22:26-27) "Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also."
(22:28) "Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her."
(22:29-30) "Jesus answered ... in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
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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.
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When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went
their way.
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The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him,
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Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother
shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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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:
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Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
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