Verse 2
Matthew 22:2
Darby Translation
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The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,
Original Language Text
greek
Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅστις ἐποίησεν γάμους τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.
English Translation
The kingdom of heaven was likened to a king who made a wedding feast for his son.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,
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The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,
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and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
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Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner;...
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But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.
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And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].
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And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderer...
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Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
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go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedd...
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And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both e...
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And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garmen...
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And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was...
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out int...
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For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
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Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
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And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art...
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tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
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But Yashua (Jesus), knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
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Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
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And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?
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They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is Go...
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And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.
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On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
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saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife a...
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Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left...
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In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.
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And last of all the woman also died.
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In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God (...
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For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God (Eloh...
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But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God (Elohim)...
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*I* am the God (Elohim) of Abraham, and the God (Elohim) of Isaac, and the God (Elohim) of Jacob? Go...
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And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine.
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But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.
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And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,
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Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
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And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God (Elohim) with all thy heart, and with all thy...
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This is [the] great and first commandment.
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And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
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And the Pharisees being gathered together, Yashua (Jesus) demanded of them,
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saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.
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He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,
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The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?
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If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?
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And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any mor...
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